The Politics of Environmental Discourse
Ecological Modernization and the Policy Process
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 18 September 1997
- ISBN 9780198293330
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages344 pages
- Size 216x138x24 mm
- Weight 481 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 1 line drawing, tables 0
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Short description:
Martin A. Hajer's original study examines the nature of contemporary environmental politics, analysing the emergence and sustenance of institutional perceptions of environmental problems.
MoreLong description:
Dr Hajer's path-breaking study opens the way for a better understanding of the environmental conflict, showing how language can be seen to shape our view of what environmental politics is really about and how those perceptions can differ between countries.
The author identifies the emergence and increasing political importance of 'ecological modernization' as a new concept in the language of environmental politics. This concept, which has come to replace the antagonistic debates of the 1970s, stresses the opportunities of environmental policy for modernizing the economy and stimulating the technological innovation.
Combining abstract social theory with detailed empirical analysis, Martin Hajer illustrates the social and political dynamics of ecological modernization in a detailed analysis of the acid rain controversies in Great Britain and the Netherlands. He concludes by reflecting on the institutional challenge of the environmental politics in the years to come.
this is an important book which will interest many political scientists apart from those focusing on the environment ... There are excellent summary tables and a model of an index. For environment specialists, there are fresh insights on issues such as risk; the role of scientists and scientific data; and the emergence - with its institutional repercussions - of ecological modernization as the dominent way of conceptualizing environmental problems. The way he draws from German and Dutch primary and secondary sources is especially valuable.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The New Environmental Conflict
Discourse Analysis
The Historical Roots of Ecological Modernization
Accumulating Knowledge, Accumulating Pollution? Ecological Modernization in the United Kingdom
The Micro-Powers of Apocalypse: Ecological Modernization in the Netherlands
Ecological Modernization: Discourse and Institutional Change
