Government and the environment [electronic resource] : the role of the modern state in the face of global challenges / edited by Laura Castellucci.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. On the disappearance of the culture of the state from economics and the decline of the political-economic culture of the west / Laura Castellucci and Stefano Gorini -- 2. The failures of collective action : a formal game-theoretic revisitation of the Olson theory / Berardino Cesi and Stefano Gorini -- 3. Internalizing environmental externalities : from deterministic to stochastic social damage / Manuela Coromaldi and Stefano Gorini -- 4. Environmental protection and thre green paradox : state of the art and open issues / Laura Castellucci -- 5. Environmental policy-making in real life : illegal waste disposal in the presence of organized crime / Alessio D'Amato and Mariangela Zoli -- 6. Water conservation and management : common sense for a common resource? / Simone Borghesi -- 7. Technological lock-in and the shaping of environmental policy / Annalisa Castelli -- 8. Common land resources and forests : the role of (mutli-level) governance / Amanda Spisto.