Environmental transitions : transformation and ecological defense in Central and Eastern Europe / Petr Pavlinek and John Pickles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pavlínek, Petr, 1963-

Contributor:

Pickles, John, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--Europe, Eastern.

Environmental policy.

Post-communism--Europe, Eastern.

Post-communism.

Europe, Eastern--Economic policy--1989-.

Europe, Eastern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a detailed and comprehensive account of the environmental changes in Central and Eastern Europe, both under state socialism and during the period of transition to capitalism.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; The political economy of environmental transitions; Theorizing social and environmental change; Nature, risk and the legacies of state socialism; Environmental quality in Central and Eastern Europe; Nature, society and extensive industrialization; Social and environmental regulation under state socialism; Constructing risk: environment and health; Post-communist transformations and the environment; Post-communist reform and the democratization of nature

Environmental legislation and policy: regulatory successes and strong oppositionState, environment and information in post-communist transformations; Environmental effects of post-communist transformations; Nature in post-communist societies; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-352) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-71557-9

1-134-71558-7

1-280-20259-9

0-203-27448-2

0-203-44492-2

9780203444924

OCLC:

84860232