British Politics and the Environment Contributor(s): McCormick, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415846307 ISBN-13: 9780415846301 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - General - Nature | Ecology - Reference | Questions & Answers |
Dewey: 001 |
Series: Environmentalism and Politics Set |
Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.67 lbs) 212 pages |
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Publisher Description: Britain has an immense range of environmental law and the reputation for largely ignoring it. John McCormick describes the fascinating story of the political growth of that law, and the pressures, the compromises, the parliamentary and civil service opportunism that allowed the edifice to grow over the greater part of a century. He tells the story of the absolute change in political climate over the last ten years and deciphers the nature of Thatcher's ''conversion'' to greenery. He explains why everyone who cared about the environment became embattled and, above all, how the old methods of sensible compromise were banished, probably for ever, not least because of the government's obsession with secrecy. Originally published in 1991 |