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Politics Environment
- Cover (Page 1) - Half-title (Page 3) - Title (Page 5) - Copyright (Page 6) - Dedication (Page 7) - Contents (Page 9) - Figures (Page 12) - Tables (Page 13) - Boxes (Page 14) - Preface to the second edition (Page 16) - Acknowledgements (Page 17) - Abbreviations (Page 18) - Glossary (Page 20) - 1 Introduction (Page 25) - Further reading and websites (Page 33) - NOTE (Page 34) - PART 1 Theory: thinking about the environment (Page 35) - Note (Page 36) - 2 Environmental philosophy (Page 37) - Contents (Page 37) - Key issues (Page 37) - Staking out the territory (Page 38) - Types of value (Page 38) - The anthropocentric--ecocentric divide (Page 39) - A green theory of value? (Page 41) - Holistic perspectives (Page 43) - Moral extensionism (Page 50) - Animal liberationism (Page 50) - Moral extensionism as an environmental ethic (Page 56) - Conclusion: Breaking down the anthropocentric--ecocentric divide (Page 59) - Further reading (Page 62) - NOTES (Page 62) - 3 Green political thought (Page 65) - Contents (Page 65) - Key issues (Page 65) - The central ideas of ecologism (Page 66) - The limits to growth (Page 66) - A green programme for a sustainable society (Page 70) - Does sustainability require specific political arrangements? (Page 75) - Must green politics be democratic? (Page 77) - Must a green polity be decentralised? (Page 82) - Must a green society be egalitarian? (Page 85) - Traditional political ideologies and the green challenge (Page 90) - Conservatism and neo-liberalism (Page 91) - Classical liberalism (Page 92) - Authoritarianism (Page 93) - Socialism and Marxism (Page 94) - Feminism (Page 96) - Anarchism (Page 98) - Neither left nor right but in front? (Page 100) - Further reading (Page 104) - NOTES (Page 104) - PART 2 Parties and movements: getting from here to there (Page 107) - Note (Page 109) - 4 Green parties: the rise of a new politics? (Page 111) - Contents (Page 111) - Key issues (Page 111) - Green party electoral performance: an overview (Page 112) - Is there a new politics? (Page 115) - New social movements? (Page 115) - Environmentalism as middle-class elitism? (Page 116) - Environmentalism as postmaterialism? (Page 118) - Green parties as new politics? (Page 120) - The political opportunity structure and green party success (Page 123) - Germany (Page 124) - France (Page 126) - Britain (Page 128) - Explaining green electoral performance (Page 129) - Whatever happened to the environment? (Page 133) - New challenges (Page 134) - Conclusion (Page 136) - Further reading and websites (Page 137) - NOTES (Page 137) - 5 Party politics and the environment (Page 139) - Contents (Page 139) - Key issues (Page 139) - Green parties in parliament (Page 140) - The ‘anti-party party’ in theory (Page 140) - The ‘anti-party party’ in practice: no longer a protest party? (Page 142) - Greens in power (Page 146) - The ‘greening’ of established parties (Page 151) - Germany (Page 152) - Britain (Page 154) - USA (Page 158) - Explaining party politicisation (Page 162) - Conclusion (Page 164) - Further reading and websites (see Chapter 4 for green party websites) (Page 165) - Germany (Page 165) - UK (Page 166) - USA (Page 166) - NOTES (Page 166) - 6 Environmental groups (Page 167) - Contents (Page 167) - Key issues (Page 167) - The environmental movement: an audit (Page 168) - A typology of environmental groups (Page 170) - The institutionalisation of the environmental movement (Page 172) - The resurgence of grassroots environmentalism? (Page 179) - A new civic politics? (Page 184) - The impact of the environmental movement (Page 188) - Conclusion (Page 192) - Further reading and websites (Page 193) - International websites (Page 193) - UK websites (Page 194) - USA websites (Page 194) - NOTES (Page 194) - PART 3 Environmental policy: achieving a sustainable society (Page 195) - 7 The environment as a policy problem (Page 197) - Contents (Page 197) - Key issues (Page 197) - Core characteristics of the environment as a policy problem (Page 198) - Public goods (Page 198) - Transboundary problems (Page 200) - Complexity and uncertainty (Page 201) - Irreversibility (Page 203) - Temporal and spatial variability (Page 203) - Administrative fragmentation (Page 204) - Regulatory intervention (Page 204) - The traditional policy paradigm (Page 205) - Political obstacles to change (Page 206) - The power of producers (Page 206) - Administrative fragmentation (Page 210) - Achieving policy change (Page 214) - Agenda-setting (Page 214) - The advocacy coalition framework (Page 218) - Policy communities and exogenous change (Page 220) - The rise and fall (and rise again?) of nuclear power (Page 222) - Conclusion (Page 228) - Further reading (Page 229) - NOTES (Page 229) - 8 Sustainable development and ecological modernisation (Page 231) - Contents (Page 231) - Key issues (Page 231) - Sustainable development (Page 232) - Spreading the word (Page 232) - A complex and contested concept (Page 235) - Core principles of sustainable development (Page 242) - Sustainable development: reform or revolution? (Page 249) - Ecological modernisation: the practical solution? (Page 251) - The concept (Page 251) - Ecological modernisation as a positive-sum game? (Page 252) - Limitations of ecological modernisation (Page 253) - Ecological modernisation in practice (Page 257) - Conclusion (Page 261) - Further reading (Page 262) - NOTES (Page 262) - 9 Global environmental politics (Page 265) - Contents (Page 265) - Key issues (Page 265) - The paradox of international co-operation (Page 267) - Environmental regimes: the ozone and climate change treaties (Page 269) - Ozone protection (Page 270) - Climate change (Page 273) - Accounting for regimes (Page 280) - Regime implementation (Page 285) - Global environmental politics and sustainable development (Page 289) - Conclusion (Page 292) - Further reading and websites (Page 293) - NOTES (Page 293) - 10 Globalisation, trade and the environment (Page 295) - Contents (Page 295) - Key issues (Page 295) - Globalisation and the environment (Page 296) - International trade and the environment (Page 298) - The WTO and the environment (Page 301) - North American Free Trade Agreement (Page 305) - The European Union (Page 306) - Conclusion (Page 312) - Further reading and websites (Page 312) - NOTES (Page 313) - 11 Greening government (Page 315) - Contents (Page 315) - Key issues (Page 315) - Integration (Page 317) - Integration through organisational reform (Page 317) - Integration through administrative techniques (Page 323) - Planning (Page 330) - EU Environmental Action Plans (Page 331) - National green plans (Page 332) - Local Agenda 21 (Page 335) - Democracy and participation (Page 337) - Conclusion (Page 341) - Further reading and websites (Page 342) - NOTES (Page 342) - 12 Policy instruments and implementation (Page 345) - Contents (Page 345) - Key issues (Page 345) - Regulation and regulatory styles (Page 347) - The case for regulation (Page 347) - Implementation deficit and state failure (Page 349) - Implementation deficit and national regulatory styles (Page 350) - Voluntary action (Page 353) - Government expenditure (Page 356) - Market-based instruments (Page 356) - The case for market-based instruments (Page 356) - The politics of market-based instruments (Page 362) - Policy instruments and climate change (Page 365) - Energy policy (Page 365) - Transport policy (Page 369) - Conclusion (Page 373) - Further reading and websites (Page 376) - NOTES (Page 376) - 13 Conclusion (Page 377) - References (Page 387) - Index (Page 425)