05066nam 2200709 a 450 991046145690332120200520144314.01-280-49942-797866135946550-262-30115-6(CKB)2670000000151239(EBL)3339399(SSID)ssj0000652348(PQKBManifestationID)11429779(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000652348(PQKBWorkID)10636953(PQKB)11189857(MiAaPQ)EBC3339399(OCoLC)778565515(MdBmJHUP)muse24502(Au-PeEL)EBL3339399(CaPaEBR)ebr10534386(CaONFJC)MIL359465(EXLCZ)99267000000015123920110610d2012 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrComparative environmental politics[electronic resource] theory, practice, and prospects /edited by Paul F. Steinberg and Stacy D. VanDeveerCambridge, Mass. MIT Pressc20121 online resource (441 p.)American and comparative environmental policyDescription based upon print version of record.0-262-69368-2 0-262-19585-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Part I. Building Bridges: Comparative Politics and the Environment; Chapter 1. Comparative Environmental Politics in a Global World; Questions Transcend Borders; Beyond "Spaceship Earth" : Engaging Complexity, Fostering Understanding; The Comparative Advantage; A Fresh Take on Global Environmental Politics; An Overview of the Book; Notes; References; Chapter 2. Bridging Archipelagos: Connecting Comparative Politics and Environmental Politics; The Comparative Politics TraditionToward a Distinctive Tradition in Comparative Environmental Politics The Challenge Ahead; Notes; References; Part II. Greening States and Societies; Chapter 3. Greening the State?; A Brief History of Environmental Governance; Genesis of an Environmental State; Changing Patterns of State Activity; Greening the State; Notes; References; Chapter 4. The Globalization of Environmental Concern; The Theory of Postmaterialist Value Change; Challenges to the Postmaterialist Explanation of Environmental Concern; Revising the Postmaterialist Explanation of Environmentalism; Analyses of the WVS Data SetsImplications for Policy Making and Social Science Theory Notes; References; Part III. Nonstate Actors and Social Mobilization; Chapter 5. The Comparative Study of Environmental Movements; Environmental Movements: A Brief Introduction; Varieties of Environmentalism; Organizational Forms, Trajectories, and Impacts: Social Movement Theory and Environmental Movements; Environmental Movements and Comparative Politics: Political Contexts and Opportunities; Comparing Environmental Movements in a Globalizing World; Future Research Agendas; Notes; ReferencesChapter 6. Business-State Relations and the Environment: The Evolving Role of Corporate Social Responsibility Business-State Relations; The Domestic Origins of Corporate Social Responsibility in Advanced Industrialized Countries; Domestic Origins of Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries; CSR as a Global Movement; Conclusion: From VEPs and Certification to Sustainability; Notes; References; Chapter 7. Political Parties and the "Meaning of Greening" in European Politics; Strategic and Ideological Predicaments; Explaining the Rise of Green PoliticsConclusions: Whither the Greens? Notes; References; Part IV. Institutional Effectiveness across Political Systems; Chapter 8. Democracy and the Environment in Latin America and Eastern Europe; Thinking Theoretically about Environment and Democracy; Thinking Quantitatively about Environment and Democracy; Thinking Qualitatively about Environment and Democracy over Time: Democratization in Latin America and Eastern Europe; The Impact of Transition in Central and Eastern Europe; The Impact of Transition in Latin America; Conclusion; Notes; ReferencesChapter 9. Institutional Change in Authoritarian Regimes: Water and the State in EgyptAmerican and comparative environmental policy.Environmental policyUnited StatesComparative governmentUnited StatesUnited StatesEnvironmental conditionsUnited StatesPolitics and governmentElectronic books.Environmental policyComparative government320.5/8Steinberg Paul F848443VanDeveer Stacy D1034650MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461456903321Comparative environmental politics2453910UNINA