The Ecological Modernisation Reader
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The Ecological Modernisation Reader

Environmental Reform in Theory and Practice

  1. 542 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

The Ecological Modernisation Reader

Environmental Reform in Theory and Practice

About this book

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.

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Index

Page numbers in italic refer to tables and figures
Aarhus Convention 147, 164, 174
accountability mechanisms 46 5
accounting, environmental 451,452
action theory 302
activism 149
actor groups 159—160, 161
Actor-Network Theory 208, 508
actors 159-160, 161, 303-304, 314; non-state 142, 145-147, 160,461,468
actor-structure dilemma 318
additions and withdrawals 59, 296
advocacy coalitions 462, 470
Africa 11, 111,265, 362, 365, 366, 512. See also Namibia; South Africa
agency, industrial transformation and 300—305
agency theory 302
Agenda 21, 83, 141-142, 160-161, 163-166, 176, 182, 191,265,466
agriculture 74, 348—349; agricultural waste 364, 374, 384, 388; ecological modernisation and 46—47
agro-industrv 365,408
aid agencies 380—382. See also specific agencies
air pollution 5, 48—49, 207, 217, 218; in California 208—225, 229; in China 419, 425—427; in Japan 83; in Taiwan 422; in Vietnam 440,440
air quality. See air pollution
Alexander, Jeffrey 192, 514—515n7
anarchism 510
Andersen, Michael Skou 111—112, 141—155, 484
animal rights 116
anthropocentrism 54, 109, 127, 391, 510
anti-globalisation movement 195
anti-modernist discourse 192, 196, 198, 201
anti-nuclear movement 246—247, 250n8
anti-toxic movements 237—238
appropriate technology 386
Argentina 360
Asia 4, 11, ISO, 265, 362, 363, 366, 367n2, 512. See...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Contributors
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. INTRODUCTION
  10. PARI ONE Foundations of ecological modernisation theory
  11. PART TWO Transformations in environmental governance and participation
  12. PART THREE Greening lifecycles and lifestyles
  13. PARI FOUR Environmental reform in Asian and other emerging economies
  14. CONCLUSION
  15. Index