ABSTRACT
The Emergence of Ecological Modernisation offers a wealth of empirical research material from an international perspective, bringing together previously scattered sources for the first time. It addresses a series of theoretical issues that are of key contemporary relevance, such as the relationship between ecological modernisation and sustainable development; strategies for promoting ecological modernisation, and the extent to which it is possible to 'green' contemporary capitalism.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|23 pages
Ecotaxes on the Belgian agenda, 1992–5 and beyond
Environment and economy at the heart of the power struggle
1
chapter 3|19 pages
A ‘sustainable’ impact on the EU?
An analysis of the making of the Fifth Environmental Action Programme
chapter 4|25 pages
Ecological modernisation capacity
Finding patterns in the mosaic of case studies
1
chapter 8|20 pages
Paradise postponed
An assessment of 10 years of governmental participation by the German Green Party: 1985–95
chapter 10|20 pages
Disciplining the market, calling in the state
The politics of economy–environment integration
