1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910222216203321

Autore

Pavlinek Petr <1963->

Titolo

Environmental transitions : transformation and ecological defense in Central and Eastern Europe / / Petr Pavlinek and John Pickles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-134-71557-9

1-134-71558-7

1-280-20259-9

0-203-27448-2

0-203-44492-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PicklesJohn <1952->

Disciplina

333.7/0947

Soggetti

Environmental policy - Europe, Eastern

Post-communism - Europe, Eastern

Europe, Eastern Economic policy 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-352) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; The political economy of environmental transitions; Theorizing social and environmental change; Nature, risk and the legacies of state socialism; Environmental quality in Central and Eastern Europe; Nature, society and extensive industrialization; Social and environmental regulation under state socialism; Constructing risk: environment and health; Post-communist transformations and the environment; Post-communist reform and the democratization of nature

Environmental legislation and policy: regulatory successes and strong oppositionState, environment and information in post-communist transformations; Environmental effects of post-communist transformations; Nature in post-communist societies; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is a detailed and comprehensive account of the environmental changes in Central and Eastern Europe, both under state socialism and during the period of transition to capitalism.