The Politics of the Environment

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Politics Environment

Table of contents

- 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)