| The Politics of Environmental Discourse: Ecological Modernization and the Policy Process Revised Edition Contributor(s): Hajer, Maarten A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198279698 ISBN-13: 9780198279693 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $142.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1996 Annotation: This path-breaking study looks at the nature of contemporary environmental politics, analyzing the emergence and sustenance of institutional perceptions of environmental problems. The book argues that a new perspective-- "ecological modernization," which stresses the opportunities of environmental policy for modernizing the economy and stimulating technological innovation--has come to replace the antagonistic debates of the 1970s. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General |
| Dewey: 363.7 |
| LCCN: 95005877 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.30 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This path-breaking study looks at the nature of contemporary environmental politics, analyzing the emergence and sustenance of institutional perceptions of environmental problems. The book argues that a new perspective-- ecological modernization, which stresses the opportunities of environmental policy for modernizing the economy and stimulating technological innovation--has come to replace the antagonistic debates of the 1970s. |
