Environmental dispute resolution and hazardous waste cleanups: A cautionary tale of policy implementation

Robert T. Nakamura, Thomas W. Church and Phillip J. Cooper
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Robert T. Nakamura: Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science, Rockefeller College, State University of New York, Albany, Postal: Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science, Rockefeller College, State University of New York, Albany
Thomas W. Church: Associate Professor of Political Science, Rockefeller College, State University of New York, Albany, Postal: Associate Professor of Political Science, Rockefeller College, State University of New York, Albany
Phillip J. Cooper: Professor of Political Science, Rockefeller College, State University of New York, Albany, Postal: Professor of Political Science, Rockefeller College, State University of New York, Albany

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1991, vol. 10, issue 2, 204-221

Abstract: New York State experimented with replacing their litigation-oriented system for achieving toxic dump site cleanup with one promising to lower transaction costs through alternative dispute resolution. Our analysis of outcomes is informed by three generations of implementation work focusing on (1) the motivations and incentives shaping individual behavior, (2) the larger organizational and political factors associated with variation across cases, and (3) the generic properties of policy implements. This mosaic approach to explanation produces, we believe, a more lifelike picture of use to policy makers for understanding the dynamic and interrelated nature of their choices.

Date: 1991
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