Explaining Institutional Effectiveness in Australian Environmental Management

An Application of the Haas, Keohane and Levy Model

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ID6234460
AuthorsJenny Stewart (0000-0001-8804-8196), Grant Jones (0000-0002-2426-310X), Grant R Jones
Year1999
Volume34
Issue2
Pages169-188
Publication date1999-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10361149950353
OpenAlexW1989739030
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited9

In their Institutions for the Earth (1993), Haas, Keohane and Levy argue that, at the international level, three fundamental conditions must be met for the effective management of environmental problems. They summarise these conditions as the three 'Cs'-the building of concern; the existence of a suitable contractual environment; and the growth of state capacity. We applied the Haas, Keohane and Levy (HKL) model to three case studies at the national level, in order to ascertain the extent to which the three Cs explained the emergence of successful institutional regimes. We found that two of the three variablesimprovements to the contractual environment and increases in state capacity-had considerable explanatory power. Concern was important in providing the motive force for change, but high levels of concern did not lead to effective institutional regimes unless the other two factors were present. We found a strong reciprocal relationship between state capacity and the contractual environment-the ability to monitor solutions and to generate policy-relevant 'trustable' information, was positively associated with improved negotiating structures and outcomes

Economic system · Economics · Negotiation · Order (exchange · Political science · Reciprocal · State (computer science · Environmental and Social Impact Assessments · Law · Mathematics · Finance

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