Restoring Cursed Earth Appraising Environmental Policy Reforms in Eastern Europe and Russia

by Auer, Matthew R.; Abrams, Joshua E.; Auer, Matthew R.; Bell, Ruth Greenspan; Legro, Susan; Novac, M Cristina

• ISBN13: 9780742529151
• ISBN10: 0742529150
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-12
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Among the most costly and complicated chapters in the former Eastern bloc countries' transitions to democracy is the clean up and restoration of the environment. Even as Communist-era environmental problems fade in significance-such as pollution from heavy industry-new threats have emerged. Restoring Cursed Earth considers how rule making, sanctions, incentives, and programs shape environmental protection efforts, and whether and to what extent these emerging policy structures are promoting environmental well-being for citizens in Russia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Estonia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Lessons from Leaders and Laggards: Appraising Environmental Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia	1	(36)
Matthew R. Auer
Environmental Reforms in the Czech Republic: Uneven Progress after 1989	37	(26)
Susan Legro
Matthew R. Auer
Hungary: Developing Institutions to Support Environmental Protection	63	(30)
Ruth Greenspan Bell
Forestry Resources in Transition: The Romanian Experience	93	(24)
M. Cristina Novac
Matthew R. Auer
Estonian Environmental Reforms: A Small Nation's Outsized Accomplishments	117	(28)
Matthew R. Auer
The Disappearance of Popular Environmental Activism in Post-Soviet Russia	145	(30)
Joshua E. Abrams
Matthew R. Auer
Conclusion: Lessons Learned for the Road Forward	175	(10)
Matthew R. Auer
Index	185	(6)
About the Contributors	191