期刊名称:ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies/Österreichische Zeitschrift für Südostasienwissenschaften
印刷版ISSN:1999-2521
电子版ISSN:1999-253X
出版年度:2012
卷号:5
期号:1
DOI:10.4232/10.ASEAS-5.1-3
出版社:Society for South East Asian Studies/Gesellschaft für Südostasienwissenschaften
摘要:Among numerous environmental challenges in the ASEAN region, the rapid growth of volumes of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste) has increasingly drawn international at-tention. Economies face huge demands for electrical and electronic pro ducts, while governments are confronted with di. culties dealing with mounting volumes of e-waste. Furthermore, lucrative transnational shipment of discarded electric and electronic devices calls for a regional response to the issue. While ASEAN has failed to come up with a common policy response, certain member states have pushed ahead with their own legislation in an attempt to address this urgent issue. This study sets out to identify the determining factors which have disabled ASEAN in terms of agreeing on a common policy response in the case of dealing with e-waste. Based on the assumption that states act according to expected gains, the study applies a game theoretical approach to analyse the develop-ments
关键词:Policy Coordination; E-waste; Electric and Electronic Equipment; Trade; ASEAN