ABSTRACT

Politics and the Environment has established itself as the most comprehensive textbook in this area. This new edition has been completely revised and updated while retaining the features and theory-to-practice focus which made the first edition so successful.

The book is designed to introduce students to the key concepts and issues vital to the understanding of environmental problems and their political solutions. The authors investigate the people, movements and organizations involved in the shaping of environmental policy and the barriers hindering the development and introduction of successful solutions to environmental problems.

This new edition has been expanded to include:

  • a reorganized structure divided into three thematic sections
  • a wide range of case studies from around the world at the end of each chapter
  • more boxed examples and concepts
  • further detail on ecological modernization
  • an extended further reading list including useful websites.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

PART I ENVIRONMENTAL THOUGHT AND POLITICAL ACTION

chapter 1|34 pages

Environmental philosophy

chapter 2|36 pages

Green ideology

chapter 3|38 pages

The environmental movement

part |2 pages

PART II THE BACKGROUND TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

chapter 5|30 pages

Choosing the means

chapter 6|28 pages

Valuation of the environment

part |2 pages

PART III ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE: GLOBAL TO LOCAL

chapter 7|42 pages

International dimensions

chapter 8|34 pages

European integration

chapter 9|34 pages

National responses

chapter 10|30 pages

Local authorities and local democracy