| Autore |
Connelly James
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| Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (427 p.)
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| Disciplina |
363.7/056
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| Soggetto topico |
Environmental policy
Environmental ethics
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| ISBN |
1-136-48459-0
1-136-48460-4
0-203-13549-0
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Politics and the Environment; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I:Environmental Thought and Action; Introduction to Part I; 1. Environmental philosophy; Reasoning about nature and the environment; Three moral traditions and the environment; The nature of value and the value of nature; Duties to the human world; Conclusion; Case study: Modifying nature; Suggestions for further reading; Notes; 2. Green ideology; Politics, ethics and the limits to growth; Western political traditions and the emergence of a green ideology
Sustainable development, ecological modernisation and beyondConclusion; Case study: The principles and policies of the greenpolitical programme; Suggestions for further reading Notes; Notes; 3. Environmental movements; Defining environmental movements; Understanding the why, when and how of environmental movements; The development of environmental movements; Green parties; Green consumerism; Conclusion; Case study: The Camp for Climate Action; Suggestions for further reading; Notes; Part II: The Background to Environmental Policy Making; Introduction to Part II
4. Rationality and power in environmental decision makingCollective action problems; Public opinion and the issue attention cycle; Complexity, uncertainty and bounded rationality; Power and influence: setting the policy agenda; Conclusion; Case study: Air pollution in the USA; Suggestions for further reading Notes; Notes; 5. Policy principles and instruments; Policy principles; Policy instruments; Conclusion; Case study: Road congestion: The price to be paid?; Suggestions for further reading; Notes; 6. Valuation of the environment; Economic valuation of environmental interventions
Environmental assessmentMeasuring sustainable development; Conclusion; Case study: Weak and strong sustainability; Suggestions for further reading Notes; Notes; Part III: Multi-Level Environmental Governance: From Global to Local; Introduction to Part III; 7. Greening global governance; The structure and operation of global environmental governance; Legal frameworks and outputs; The internationalisation of the environment: from Stockholm to Bali (via Rio); The international politics of sustainable development; The international politics of climate change; Conclusion
Suggestions for further readingNotes; 8. The European Union and environmental integration; The structure and operation of European environmental governance; From the politics of environmental quality to the governance of climate change; The politics of climate change; Conclusion; Case study: Market trader: The EU as climate policy actor; Suggestions for further reading; Note; 9. Constructing the green state; The structure and operation of national environmental governance; Towards greener states?; Conclusion; Case study : Up in the air? Australian emissions trading
Suggestions for further reading
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Politics and the environment : from theory to practice / / James Connelly ...[et. al.]
