Cover -- Contents -- List of Charts and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- 1 Traditional Institutions are Ineffective in an Exceptional Policy Sector -- 2 Tweaking Institutions in the Shadow of the State -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Role of Institutions in Regulation -- 2.3 The Impact of State-Societal Structures -- 2.4 The Effect of State-Societal Relationships -- 2.5 Institutions for Environmental-Technology Development -- 3 "Different Traits Design" Comparisons -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Adoption of Comparative Case Studies -- 3.3 Sampling Techniques and their Restrictions -- 4 Varieties of Regulatory State: Wind Power Diffusion in the United Kingdom and Germany -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Dilemma of Market Forces and State Involvement -- 4.3 Wind Power Case Study Method -- 4.4 Wind Power Policy in the United Kingdom -- 4.5 Wind Power Policy in Germany -- 4.6 Conclusions -- 5 Varieties of State-Societal Structure: Packaging Waste Recycling Development in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Comparative Figures and Methodology -- 5.3 The United States -- 5.4 The United Kingdom -- 5.5 Australia -- 5.6 Germany -- 5.7 Sweden -- 5.8 Switzerland -- 5.9 Conclusions -- 6 Varieties of State-Societal Relationship: Environmentally Friendly Auto Technology Advancement in the United States and Japan -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Impact of Institutional Structures on the Quality of Public-Private Partnerships -- 6.3 Comparative Case Studies between the United States and Japan -- 6.4 The Evolution and Demise of PNGV -- 6.5 Evolution and Achievement of the Japanese Environmentally Friendly Auto Technology Development -- 6.6 An Institutional Comparison between the United States and Japan -- 6.7 Conclusions -- 7 Conclusions.

Appendices: Definition of Terms -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.