Comparative environmental politics : theory, practice, and prospects / edited by Paul F. Steinberg and Stacy D. VanDeveer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Steinberg, Paul F.

VanDeveer, Stacy D.

Series:

American and comparative environmental policy.

American and comparative environmental policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--United States.

Environmental policy.

Comparative government--United States.

Comparative government.

United States--Environmental conditions.

United States.

United States--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Combining the theoretical tools of comparative politics with the substantive concerns of environmental policy, experts explore responses to environmental problems across nations and political systems.

Contents:

Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Part I. Building Bridges: Comparative Politics and the Environment; Chapter 1. Comparative Environmental Politics in a Global World; Questions Transcend Borders; Beyond "Spaceship Earth" : Engaging Complexity, Fostering Understanding; The Comparative Advantage; A Fresh Take on Global Environmental Politics; An Overview of the Book; Notes; References; Chapter 2. Bridging Archipelagos: Connecting Comparative Politics and Environmental Politics; The Comparative Politics Tradition

Toward a Distinctive Tradition in Comparative Environmental Politics The Challenge Ahead; Notes; References; Part II. Greening States and Societies; Chapter 3. Greening the State?; A Brief History of Environmental Governance; Genesis of an Environmental State; Changing Patterns of State Activity; Greening the State; Notes; References; Chapter 4. The Globalization of Environmental Concern; The Theory of Postmaterialist Value Change; Challenges to the Postmaterialist Explanation of Environmental Concern; Revising the Postmaterialist Explanation of Environmentalism; Analyses of the WVS Data Sets

Implications for Policy Making and Social Science Theory Notes; References; Part III. Nonstate Actors and Social Mobilization; Chapter 5. The Comparative Study of Environmental Movements; Environmental Movements: A Brief Introduction; Varieties of Environmentalism; Organizational Forms, Trajectories, and Impacts: Social Movement Theory and Environmental Movements; Environmental Movements and Comparative Politics: Political Contexts and Opportunities; Comparing Environmental Movements in a Globalizing World; Future Research Agendas; Notes; References

Chapter 6. Business-State Relations and the Environment: The Evolving Role of Corporate Social Responsibility Business-State Relations; The Domestic Origins of Corporate Social Responsibility in Advanced Industrialized Countries; Domestic Origins of Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries; CSR as a Global Movement; Conclusion: From VEPs and Certification to Sustainability; Notes; References; Chapter 7. Political Parties and the "Meaning of Greening" in European Politics; Strategic and Ideological Predicaments; Explaining the Rise of Green Politics

Conclusions: Whither the Greens? Notes; References; Part IV. Institutional Effectiveness across Political Systems; Chapter 8. Democracy and the Environment in Latin America and Eastern Europe; Thinking Theoretically about Environment and Democracy; Thinking Quantitatively about Environment and Democracy; Thinking Qualitatively about Environment and Democracy over Time: Democratization in Latin America and Eastern Europe; The Impact of Transition in Central and Eastern Europe; The Impact of Transition in Latin America; Conclusion; Notes; References

Chapter 9. Institutional Change in Authoritarian Regimes: Water and the State in Egypt

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-262-30036-2

1-280-49942-7

9786613594655

0-262-30115-6

OCLC:

778565515