The Ecological Modernisation Reader : Environmental Reform in Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780415453707 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 539 str.

P. J. Mol Arthur

Opis

Structural environmental reform by industries, governments, NGOs, and others is a worldwide phenomenon and the focus of this definitive collection. Includes a selection of the best published works and debates from a quarter-century of scholarship on ecological modernisation, and an agenda for research.

Spis treści

1. Ecological Modernisation: Three Decades of Policy, Practice and Theoretical Reflection  Part 1: Foundations of Ecological Modernisation Theory  2. The Origins and Theoretical Foundations of Ecological Modernisation Theory  3. On Ecological and Political Modernisation  4. Ecological Modernisation: Beyond Scarcity and Bureaucracy  5. Sociology, Environment and Modernity. Ecological Modernisation as a Theory of Social Change  6. Ecological Modernisation as Cultural Politics  7. Ecological Modernisation, Ecological Modernities  8. Ecological Modernisation as Social Theory  Part 2: Transformations in Environmental Governance and Participation  9. Transformations in Environmental Governance and Participation  10. New Approaches to Environmental Governance  11. Environment and Participation in a Context of Political Modernisation  12. Democratic Ethics and Ecological Modernisation: The Formulation of California's Automobile Emission Standards  13. Ecological Modernisation, Risk Society, and the Green State  Part 3: Greening Life-Cycles and Life-Styles  14. Greening Lifecycles and Lifestyles: Sociotechnical Innovations in Consumption and Production as Core Concerns of Ecological Modernisation Theory  15. Environmental Policy and Industrial Innovation: Integrating Environment and Economy Through Ecological Modernisation  16. Ecological Modernization of Industrial Systems  17. Sustainable Consumption: A Theoretical and Environmental Policy Perspective  18. Upstreaming Environmental Action  Part 4: Environmental Reform in Asian and Other Emerging Economies  19. Ecological Modernisation in Asian and other Emerging Economies  20. Contradictions of Ecological Modernisation: Pulp and Paper Manufacturing in Southeast Asia  21. Why Ecological Modernisation and Sustainable Development should not be Conflated  22. Integrating Environmental and Economic Policy making in China and Taiwan  23. Environmental Management for Industrial Zones in Vietnam  24. Environment and Modernity in Transitional China: Frontiers of Ecological Modernisation  25. Shifts within Ecological Modernisation in South Africa: Deliberation, Innovation and Institutional Opportunities  Conclusion  26. Ecological Modernisation: Assessment, Critical Debates and Future Directions