Author: Ken Conca
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429973373
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
This book discusses the dominant paradigms and controversies that shaped debate at the time of the Stockholm conference, and in the twenty years between Stockholm and the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. It examines the challenges of international cooperation and institutional reform.
Green Planet Blues
Author: Ken Conca
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429973373
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
This book discusses the dominant paradigms and controversies that shaped debate at the time of the Stockholm conference, and in the twenty years between Stockholm and the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. It examines the challenges of international cooperation and institutional reform.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429973373
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
This book discusses the dominant paradigms and controversies that shaped debate at the time of the Stockholm conference, and in the twenty years between Stockholm and the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. It examines the challenges of international cooperation and institutional reform.
The International Political Economy of the Environment
Author: Dimitris Stevis
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN: 9781555879808
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Thirteen contributions from political scientists, sociologists, and other academics represent a critical approach to the IPE of the environment: "an approach that focuses on the historical development and framing of environmental problems and solutions and that seeks to understand the social priorities or purpose that differing problems and solutions reflect" (from the preface). A unifying theme is the idea that the way in which problems are framed intimately impacts the kinds of solutions that are proposed. A sampling of topics: environmental NGOs, TNCs, and the question of governance; environmental discourse and danger in Dominican and Cuban urban watersheds; and global change and the political economy of sustainable development in Brazil. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN: 9781555879808
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Thirteen contributions from political scientists, sociologists, and other academics represent a critical approach to the IPE of the environment: "an approach that focuses on the historical development and framing of environmental problems and solutions and that seeks to understand the social priorities or purpose that differing problems and solutions reflect" (from the preface). A unifying theme is the idea that the way in which problems are framed intimately impacts the kinds of solutions that are proposed. A sampling of topics: environmental NGOs, TNCs, and the question of governance; environmental discourse and danger in Dominican and Cuban urban watersheds; and global change and the political economy of sustainable development in Brazil. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Critical Perspectives on Politics and the Environment
Author: Rick Adair
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781404208230
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Essays discuss the relationship between politics and environmentalism, including methods proposed and those used to solve environmental problems, how regulation has changed over the years, and how trade affects the environment.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781404208230
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Essays discuss the relationship between politics and environmentalism, including methods proposed and those used to solve environmental problems, how regulation has changed over the years, and how trade affects the environment.
International Politics and the Environment
Author: Ronald B Mitchell
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1412919746
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
This title provides graduate students with a sophisticated overview of this increasingly important field, outlining the causes of international environmental problems and assessing the ways in which political responses have been formulated, implemented and evaluated.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1412919746
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
This title provides graduate students with a sophisticated overview of this increasingly important field, outlining the causes of international environmental problems and assessing the ways in which political responses have been formulated, implemented and evaluated.
Democracy and the Claims of Nature
Author: Ben A. Minteer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742515239
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In Democracy and the Claims of Nature, the leading thinkers in the fields of environmental, political, and social theory come together to discuss the tensions and sympathies of democratic ideals and environmental values. The prominent contributors reflect upon where we stand in our understanding of the relationship between democracy and the claims of nature. Democracy and the Claims of Nature bridges the gap between the often competing ideals of the two fields, leading to a greater understanding of each for the other.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742515239
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In Democracy and the Claims of Nature, the leading thinkers in the fields of environmental, political, and social theory come together to discuss the tensions and sympathies of democratic ideals and environmental values. The prominent contributors reflect upon where we stand in our understanding of the relationship between democracy and the claims of nature. Democracy and the Claims of Nature bridges the gap between the often competing ideals of the two fields, leading to a greater understanding of each for the other.
Politics and the Environment in Eastern Europe
Author: Eszter Krasznai Kovacs
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 1800641354
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Europe remains divided between east and west, with differences caused and worsened by uneven economic and political development. Amid these divisions, the environment has become a key battleground. The condition and sustainability of environmental resources are interlinked with systems of governance and power, from local to EU levels. Key challenges in the eastern European region today include increasingly authoritarian forms of government that threaten the operations and very existence of civil society groups; the importation of locally-contested conservation and environmental programmes that were designed elsewhere; and a resurgence in cultural nationalism that prescribes and normalises exclusionary nation-building myths. This volume draws together essays by early-career academic researchers from across eastern Europe. Engaging with the critical tools of political ecology, its contributors provide a hitherto overlooked perspective on the current fate and reception of ‘environmentalism’ in the region. It asks how emergent forms of environmentalism have been received, how these movements and perspectives have redefined landscapes, and what the subtler effects of new regulatory regimes on communities and environment-dependent livelihoods have been. Arranged in three sections, with case studies from Czechia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Serbia, this collection develops anthropological views on the processes and consequences of the politicisation of the environment. It is valuable reading for human geographers, social and cultural historians, political ecologists, social movement and government scholars, political scientists, and specialists on Europe and European Union politics.
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 1800641354
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Europe remains divided between east and west, with differences caused and worsened by uneven economic and political development. Amid these divisions, the environment has become a key battleground. The condition and sustainability of environmental resources are interlinked with systems of governance and power, from local to EU levels. Key challenges in the eastern European region today include increasingly authoritarian forms of government that threaten the operations and very existence of civil society groups; the importation of locally-contested conservation and environmental programmes that were designed elsewhere; and a resurgence in cultural nationalism that prescribes and normalises exclusionary nation-building myths. This volume draws together essays by early-career academic researchers from across eastern Europe. Engaging with the critical tools of political ecology, its contributors provide a hitherto overlooked perspective on the current fate and reception of ‘environmentalism’ in the region. It asks how emergent forms of environmentalism have been received, how these movements and perspectives have redefined landscapes, and what the subtler effects of new regulatory regimes on communities and environment-dependent livelihoods have been. Arranged in three sections, with case studies from Czechia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Serbia, this collection develops anthropological views on the processes and consequences of the politicisation of the environment. It is valuable reading for human geographers, social and cultural historians, political ecologists, social movement and government scholars, political scientists, and specialists on Europe and European Union politics.
Environmental Politics in the Middle East
Author: Harry Verhoeven
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190916680
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Offers a critical and realistic reassessment of the threats posed to the environment in the Middle East, and what can be done about them.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190916680
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
Offers a critical and realistic reassessment of the threats posed to the environment in the Middle East, and what can be done about them.
Critical Perspectives on Think Tanks
Author: Landry, Julien
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1789909236
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This innovative book explores think tanks from the perspective of critical policy studies, showcasing how knowledge, power and politics intersect with the ways in which think tanks intervene in public policy.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1789909236
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This innovative book explores think tanks from the perspective of critical policy studies, showcasing how knowledge, power and politics intersect with the ways in which think tanks intervene in public policy.
The Politics of the Environment
Author: Neil Carter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108472303
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
Revised to include new discussions on climate justice, green political parties, climate legislation and recent environmental struggles.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108472303
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
Revised to include new discussions on climate justice, green political parties, climate legislation and recent environmental struggles.
Ecological Modernisation Around the World
Author: Arthur P.J. Mol
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317994795
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The idea of ecological modernisation originated in Western Europe in the 1980s, gaining attention around the world by the late 1990s. At the core of this social scientific and policy-oriented approach is the view that contemporary societies have the capability of dealing with their environmental crises. Experiences in some countries demonstrate that modern institutions can incorporate environmental interests into their daily routines. Elsewhere, economic and political interests dominate development trajectories and environmental deterioration continues, challenging the premises of ecological modernisation. This volume brings together research on ecological modernisation practices around the world. Studies on Western, Central, and Eastern Europe, the USA, and Southeast Asia examine the applicability of this approach to advanced industrial countries, transitional economies and developing countries respectively. Authors critically examine the premises of ecological modernisation theory, assess its value for understanding past and present environmental transformations, and outline paths for designing future sustainable development. Taken together, the studies in collected this volume offer significant refinements, extensions and critiques of ecological modernisation theory and suggest important directions for future research on social and policy dimensions of environmental change.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317994795
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The idea of ecological modernisation originated in Western Europe in the 1980s, gaining attention around the world by the late 1990s. At the core of this social scientific and policy-oriented approach is the view that contemporary societies have the capability of dealing with their environmental crises. Experiences in some countries demonstrate that modern institutions can incorporate environmental interests into their daily routines. Elsewhere, economic and political interests dominate development trajectories and environmental deterioration continues, challenging the premises of ecological modernisation. This volume brings together research on ecological modernisation practices around the world. Studies on Western, Central, and Eastern Europe, the USA, and Southeast Asia examine the applicability of this approach to advanced industrial countries, transitional economies and developing countries respectively. Authors critically examine the premises of ecological modernisation theory, assess its value for understanding past and present environmental transformations, and outline paths for designing future sustainable development. Taken together, the studies in collected this volume offer significant refinements, extensions and critiques of ecological modernisation theory and suggest important directions for future research on social and policy dimensions of environmental change.