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Comparative environmental politics [[electronic resource] ] : theory, practice, and prospects / / edited by Paul F. Steinberg and Stacy D. VanDeveer



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Titolo: Comparative environmental politics [[electronic resource] ] : theory, practice, and prospects / / edited by Paul F. Steinberg and Stacy D. VanDeveer Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (441 p.)
Disciplina: 320.5/8
Soggetto topico: Environmental policy - United States
Comparative government - United States
Soggetto geografico: United States Environmental conditions
United States Politics and government
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: SteinbergPaul F  
VanDeveerStacy D  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Tradition
Toward 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 Sets
Implications 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; References
Chapter 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 Politics
Conclusions: 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; References
Chapter 9. Institutional Change in Authoritarian Regimes: Water and the State in Egypt
Titolo autorizzato: Comparative environmental politics  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-49942-7
9786613594655
0-262-30115-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910461456903321
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Serie: American and comparative environmental policy.