Author: Stratis Giannakouros
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Energy conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 127

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Author: John S. Dryzek
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191530301
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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Social movements take shape in relation to the kind of state they face, while over time states are transformed by the movements that they both incorporate and resist. Green States and Social Movements is a comparative study of the environmental movement's successes and failures in four very different states: the USA, UK, Germany and Norway. The history covers the entire sweep of the modern environmental era that begins in 1970. The end in view is a green transformation of the state and society on a par with earlier transformations that gave us first the liberal capitalist state and then the welfare state. The authors explain why such a transformation is now most likely in Germany, and why it is least likely in the United States, which has lost the status of environmental pioneer that it gained in the early 1970s. Their comparative analysis also explains the role played by social movements in making modern societies more deeply democratic, and yields insights into the strategic choices of environmental movements as they decide on what terms to engage, enter or resist the state. Sometimes it makes sense for a movement to act conventionally, as a green party or set of interest groups. But sometimes inclusion can mean co-optation, in which case a movement can instead emphasize action in and through civil society.

Author: Arthur P.J. Mol
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000155048
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 555

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Structural environmental reform by firms and industries, governmental and intergovernmental agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and others is a worldwide phenomenon and the focus of this definitive collection. Includes a comprehensive introduction to and overview of Ecological Modernisation Theory; original, state-of-the-art review essays by distinguished international scholars; a selection of the best published works and debates from a quarter-century of related social science scholarship; an emphasis on environmental issues in Asian and other emerging economies; and an agenda for continued scholarship, policymaking, and practice. Accessible to students, policymakers, professionals, executives, and others interested in deeply understanding contemporary environmental issues and taking effective action for environmental solutions. Rigorous and sophisticated for use in graduate and advanced studies. Appropriate for courses in Sociology, Political Science, Policy Studies, Geography, Environmental Studies, Environmental Planning, Business, Economics, Asian Studies, Development Studies, and other fields.

Author: Mr Stephen C Young
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317798864
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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The Emergence of Ecological Modernisation offers a wealth of empirical research material from an international perspective, bringing together previously scattered sources for the first time. It addresses a series of theoretical issues that are of key contemporary relevance, such as the relationship between ecological modernisation and sustainable development; strategies for promoting ecological modernisation, and the extent to which it is possible to 'green' contemporary capitalism.

Author: Anders Hayden
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773596348
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 627

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Is the pursuit of endless economic growth compatible with the deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions required to avoid the worst extremes of climate change? In When Green Growth Is Not Enough, Anders Hayden analyzes the political battle between three competing approaches to this question and how it has played out in Canada and Britain. Defenders of the "business-as-usual" approach reject climate action as too costly and in conflict with economic growth, while downplaying the severity of climate change. Supporters of ecological modernization, or "green growth," on the other hand, aim to use technology and efficiency to delink economic expansion from emissions and find business opportunities through environmental action. While mainstream debate has focused on these two pro-growth models, Hayden pays particular attention to the struggles and limited inroads of a third, more radical perspective: the idea of sufficiency, which challenges the continued growth of production and consumption in the already-affluent global North and asks, how much is enough? Drawing on interviews, participation in climate-related events, and analysis of key documents, Hayden shows the role these paradigms have played in Britain, one of the world’s leaders in climate reform, and in Canada, a nation at the bottom of international climate change rankings. Rich in detail, When Green Growth Is Not Enough is a lively account of the theory and real-world politics of climate action.

Author: N. Harrison
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137319895
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 329

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A comprehensive examination of the inability of liberal capitalism to generate the technological innovations necessary to prevent dangerous climate change. The case is made for the need for institutional evolution to drive the climate innovation, and the potential for climate innovation in an increasingly economically interconnected world.

Author: Klaus Jacob
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This volume is a collection of recent studies by scholars from the Environmental Policy Research Centre at the Freie Universität Berlin. It provides an overview on research on recent trends in ecological modernisation, the role of pioneer countries in international policy development and the diffusion of policy innovations and aims to take stock of the work of the Environmental Policy Research Centre and at the same time outlines a future research program. It aims to give both academics and practitioners insights into the state of the art of environmental policy analysis and of the performance of the Environmental Policy Research Centre at its 20th anniversary, about its achievements and the way ahead. The first section (Ecological Modernisation and the Role of Pioneer Countries) gives an overview on recent research on the potentials for and barriers to an ecological modernisation of the economy and the special role of pioneering countries. In his overview article "Ecological Modernisation: New Perspectives," Martin Jänicke analyses recent processes of political modernisation asking how these innovations work within the logic of ecological modernisation. In the following chapter by Martin Jänicke and Klaus Jacob, the emergence of lead markets for environmental innovations are examined as an interplay between innovation and diffusion of policies and technologies. Innovations are often stimulated by pioneers of environmental policy. Frequently, they are setting the trends and the pace for the international processes of modernisation. In the subsequent chapter, Martin Jänicke analyses such trend setters, their potentials for action and the impacts of pioneering countries. The chapter by Jacob and Volkery explores methods of statistical modelling to represent and analyse the capacities of pioneer countries in a comparative perspective. Section 2 is dedicated to the diffusion of environmental policy innovations. Kerstin Tews takes stock of several major research projects in this field and develops a new research agenda for fruitful future activities in this area. The chapter by Per-Olof Busch et al. provides an empirical overview - for a large number of policy innovations - of the diffusion processes between countries. Manfred Binder critically assesses the notion of diffusion in a cross-country comparison. Kirsten Jörgensen focuses on processes of diffusion on the sub-national level, comparing the Länder in Germany and the Federal States in the USA. Section 3 is dedicated to the Greening of Energy Policies. The comparative analysis of energy policies and the potentials for Environmental Policy Integration in this field have been a longstanding subject of research at the FFU. The contribution by Tews and Binder, gives overview of CO2 reduction targets within the ANNEX 1 countries and assess whether these objectives have so far led to effective activities. Mez describes the concept of ecological tax reforms from a comparative perspective. Lutz Mez and Annette Piening analysing the negotiation of the nuclear power phase out in Germany, which can be perceived as a rare example of an organised transition of an economic sector. Section 4 is devoted to the analysis of innovations in governance. Martin Jänicke and Helge Jörgens develop an overview and a systematisation of environmental policy since the Rio Summit in 1992. Axel Volkery et al. present a study on strategies for sustainable development in a 19-country comparison. The chapter by Klaus Jacob and Axel Volkery provides reviews instruments and strategies to integrate environmental concerns in the various fields of policy making and analyses their application in the OECD. The final section focuses on the international level of environmental policy making: The chapter by Steffen Bauer explores the bureaucratic authority of international treaty secretariats in global environmental politics. Philipp Pattberg analyses the growing importance of NGOs in international environmental policy. Finally, Stefan Lindemann compares a large number of water regimes in terms of their design, their scope and their effectiveness.

Author: Jure Brioznik
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78

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Author: George A. Gonzalez
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 079148386X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 154

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Who has been at the political forefront of clean air policy development in the United States? In The Politics of Air Pollution, George A. Gonzalez argues that the answer is neither the federal government, nor environmental groups, but rather locally oriented economic elites in conjunction with state and local governments. These local growth coalitions, composed of mostly large landholders, land developers, and the owners of regional media and utility firms, support clean air policies insofar as they contribute to the creation of a positive investment climate and, in turn, bring about greater profits through increased land values and an expanded local consumer base.

Author: F. Archibugi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401578311
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 347

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After a period of relative silence, recent years have been marked by an upswing of interest in environmental issues. The publication of the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development on 'Our Common Future' (1987) has acted as a catalyst for a revival of the environmental awareness, not only regarding local and daily pollution problems, but also -and in particular- regarding global environmental decay and threats to a sustainable development. In a recent study by W.M. Stigliani et al., on 'Future Environments for Europe' (Executive Rep~rt 15, IIASA, Laxenburg, 1989) the environmental implications of various alternative socioeconomic development pathways with respect to eleven environmental issues that could become major problems in the future are analysed. These issues include: Managing water resources in an era of climate change. Acidification of soils and lakes in Europe. Long-term forestry management and the possibility of a future shortfall in wood supply. Areas of Europe marginalized by mainstream economic and agricultural development. Sea level rise. Chemical pollution of coastal waters. Toxic materials buildup and the potential for chemical time bombs. Non-point-source emissions of potentially toxic substances. Transportation growth versus air quality. Decreasing multi-functionally of land owing to urban and suburban land development. Increasing summer demand for electricity, and the impact on air quality.