Dissertation Enhancement: Testing the Theory of Ecological Modernization: Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol for Global Climate Change as a Natural Experiment

Freudenburg9988521该奖项支持国家科学基金会论文增强奖博士威廉R。威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的弗罗伊登堡。 Freudenburg博士学生达纳·费舍尔女士将在她的博士学位课程中在日本和荷兰的研究。 Fisher女士将在日本工作2个月，与东京工业大学决策科学与技术研究生院的Tsuneyuki Maorta教授一起工作。 她还将在荷兰与荷兰瓦赫宁根大学社会科学系环境社会学小组的亚瑟P.J.莫伊博士合作3个月。该研究项目将通过具体考察日本、美国、从生态现代化的角度对《京都议定书》和荷兰的情况进行了分析。应对全球环境变化的努力所面临的一个关键挑战是了解不同民族国家对全球环境问题的反应和拟议的法规。 本研究将生态现代化理论与政治模型相结合，以更全面地解释各国政府对环境问题的管制。 本研究将结合定量与定性的研究方法来检验生态现代化理论。 研究的定量部分分析了所有经合组织国家的某些社会，经济和环境特征，并系统地评估了经济发展与环境质量之间关系的主张。 研究的定性部分着眼于参与围绕《京都议定书》执行情况的辩论的主要行为者。 将对这些国家的政府、工业、媒体、科学和非政府组织部门的一些重要行为者进行访谈。 本论文的研究将为这些国家的环境监管提供一些有趣的信息。*

Freudenburg9988521This award supports a National Science Foundation Dissertation Enhancement award to Dr. William R. Freudenburg of University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Freudenburg's Ph.D. student, Ms. Dana Fisher, will conduct part of her Ph.D. research in Japan and the Netherlands. Ms. Fisher will spend 2 months in Japan to work with Professor Tsuneyuki Maorta, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology. She will also spend 3 months in the Netherlands to work with Dr. Arthur P. J. Moi, Wageningen University of the Netherlands, Department of Social Sciences, Environmental Sociology Group. The research project will test the theory of ecological modernization by specifically examining the differing responses of Japan, the U.S., and the Netherlands to the Kyoto Protocol from an ecological modernization perspective.One of the key challenges facing the effort to deal with global environmental change is to understand different nation-states' responses to global environmental issues and proposed regulations. This project proposes to link ecological modernization theory with models of the polity to give a more complete account of the factors affecting government regulation of environmental problems in different nations. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods will be incorporated to test ecological modernization theory. The quantitative portion of the research analyzes certain social, economic and environmental characteristics of all of the OECD nations, and systematically assesses claims about the relation between economic development and environmental quality. The qualitative portion of the research looks at the main actors involved in the debates surrounding implementation of the Kyoto Protocol. Interviews with a sample of important actors from the government, industry, media, science and the NGO sectors in these countries will be carried out. This dissertation research will provide some interesting information about the political landscape for environmental regulation in these countries.***