Negotiating environmental change : new perspectives from social science / edited by Frans Berkhout, Melissa Leach, Ian Scoones.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berkhout, F. (Frans)

Leach, Melissa

Scoones, Ian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy.

Environmental policy--Research--Great Britain.

Environmental policy--Research.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2003]

Contents:

1. Shifting perspectives in environmental social science / Frans Berkhout, Melissa Leach, Ian Scoones 1

2. Risk, uncertainty and precaution: some instrumental implications from the social sciences / Andy Stirling 33

3. Economics and sustainable development: what have we learnt, and what do we still need to learn? / Nick Hanley, Giles Atkinson 77

4. Deliberative democracy and environmental decision-making / Richard Munton 109

5. Governance and the environment / John Vogler, Andrew Jordan 137

6. After Seattle: what next for trade and the environment? / Paul Ekins 159

7. Governing natural resources: institutional adaptation and resilience / W. Neil Adger 193

8. Sustainable business organizations? / Anja Schaefer, Andrea Coulson, Ken Green, Steve New, Jim Skea 209

9. Inducing, shaping, modulating: perspectives on technology and environmental policy / Frans Berkhout, Andy Gouldson 231

10. (Un)sustainable consumption / Jacquelin Burgess, Tracey Bedford, Kersty Hobson, Gail Davies, Carolyn Harrison 261.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

184064673X

184376153X

OCLC:

50271700