Comparing U.S. and Malaysian environmental impact assessment programs : a tale of two flawed laws
By: O'Leary, Rosemary
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ArticlePublisher: 2002International Public Management Journal 5, 2, p. 155-168Abstract: This article compares Malaysian and U.S. environmental impact assessment programs both from a legal/institutional perspective as well as a management/implementation perspective. The primary differences between the two countries' programs lie in four areas: enforcement, the role of the courts, concern for public participation, and relative weights given to growth versus environmental protection. Further, this comparison of U.S. and Malaysian environmental impact assessment programs yelds three interwined perspectives concerning the diffusion of innovation from one country to another. The first, concerns the role of timing, the second concerns the role of culture and the third concerns the role of politics. The article analyzes both the merits as well as the shortcomings of both the Malaysian and U.S. approaches
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This article compares Malaysian and U.S. environmental impact assessment programs both from a legal/institutional perspective as well as a management/implementation perspective. The primary differences between the two countries' programs lie in four areas: enforcement, the role of the courts, concern for public participation, and relative weights given to growth versus environmental protection. Further, this comparison of U.S. and Malaysian environmental impact assessment programs yelds three interwined perspectives concerning the diffusion of innovation from one country to another. The first, concerns the role of timing, the second concerns the role of culture and the third concerns the role of politics. The article analyzes both the merits as well as the shortcomings of both the Malaysian and U.S. approaches
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