sito su etica e politica ambientale

["AlessandroGimona"<agimona at libero.it>]

Cari tutti,
segnalo un sito che esplora i legami tra valori etici e politica 
ambientali in Cina Giappone India e USA.

http://www.cceia.org/purpose.html

Spero interessi 
dettagli  sotto.


Environmental Values Project
               Understanding Values: A Comparative Study of Values in
               Environmental Policy Making in China, India, Japan, and 
the
               United States 

               Purpose and Goals 

               Political action and policy initiatives in response to 
environmental threats are
               motivated by values that have not been subjected to 
systematic,
               cross-national study. The global change community has 
therefore identified
               the need for more research on the role of public values 
and attitudes in
               response to environmental threats. This project is 
designed to address this
               need. 

               Examining values in the context of real-world 
environmental struggles allows
               this project to increase understanding of the 
relationship between public
               values and policy. By contributing to our knowledge of 
environmental values
               in societies of widely different systems of governance — 
and how those
               values are changed and challenged by the globalization of 
environmental
               policy — the project aims to assist in the production of 
more workable and
               equitable environmental policies and treaties. 

               The questions to be explored in this study range from 
fundamental questions
               of what is meant by "values" in different cultures to 
practical questions about
               the transferability of environmental policy instruments 
from a culture
               exhibiting one pattern of values to another. 

               In summary, the goals of the research are: 

                    To probe the environmental values held by a 
cross-section of
    
   environmental actors and publics within the four 
countries; 
                    To understand the role of values in policy making by 
assessing how
                    and why certain values are incorporated into 
environmental policy
                    making; 
                    To develop and employ a comparative methodology to 
explain
                    similarities and differences in the content, 
structure, and distribution of
                    environmental values in all four countries; 
                    To assess the perception and value filters that 
influence the use of
                    scientific data, and to assess the credibility and 
authoritativeness of
                    scientific institutions in each country; 
                    To explore the extent to which values vary within 
countries relative to
                    the variation between countries; and 
                    To enhance the quality of communication in 
international negotiations
                    by applying the project’s findings to identifying 
ways of reconciling the
                    diverse approaches of different policy communities.

               The comparative study will provide policy makers with 
insights concerning
               the cultural assumptions, standards, technology, and 
analytic methods that are
               implicit in their own and other countries’ environmental 
policies and how
               these affect the negotiation and implementation of 
international environmental
               agreements. Furthermore, the study will bring to light 
the values and
               perceptions of local communities in all four countries as 
they engage with
               globalizing forces. It will also show what can be done 
within environmental
               policy making in general to secure public support for and 
trust in
               environmental policies. 

               The policy impact of the project has both short-term and 
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                    At the fieldwork sites, research teams interact with 
officials and
                    citizens directly involved in and affected by 
decisions. In this way, the
                    project methodology itself encourages policy actors 
to consider the
                    kinds of questions this project raises. 
                    By giving attention to the construction and 
prioritization of values
                    within the context of particular environmental 
conflicts, the project can
                    inform ongoing efforts by governments, universities, 
and research
                    institutes to develop innovative methods for 
conducting social welfare
                    assessments in a sustainable development framework, 
and to make
                    more effective policies and treaties. 
                    Within the local communities where the fieldwork 
takes place, the
                    project has an immediate and direct effect, by 
improving
                    communication and dialogue on values among 
constituencies whose
                    values are addressed. 
                    Finally, the book that will result from this project 
will include an
                    exploration of the implications of our research for 
the transferability of
                    environmental policy mechanisms from one context to 
another, both
                    within and between countries.