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The politics of environmental discourse : ecological modernization and the policy process / Maarten A. Hajer.
LIBRA GE170 .H36 1995
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hajer, Maarten A., 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental policy.
- Ecology.
- Economic development--Environmental aspects.
- Economic development.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 332 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; Oxford [England] ; New York [N.Y.] : Oxford University Press, 1995.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-318) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198279698
- OCLC:
- 32052196
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