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The Environmental State Under Pressure
A.P.J. F.H. Buttel
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Description for The Environmental State Under Pressure
Hardback. In the 1980s, the ideologies of deregulation and privatization formed the start of the debate on the "environmental state" and the 1990s left the debate facing new challenges. This text examines the processes, transformations and continuities related to the topic. Editor(s): Buttel, Frederick H.; Mol, Arthur P. J.; Freudenburg, William R. Series: Research in Social Problems and Public Policy. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPQ; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 476.
For a long time in industrialized countries the state occupied a comfortable and unquestioned position in dealing with environmental problems. Since the 1960s we have witnessed the rather smooth institutionalization of environmental tasks in state policies and politics, leading to the emergence of the "environmental state". In the 1980s, the ideologies of deregulation and privatization formed the start of the debate on the environmental state and the 1990s left the debate facing new challenges. First, the debate became broader and more sophisticated, moving away from simple deregulation and privatization arguments and toward the issue of political modernization and reinventing government. ... Read more
For a long time in industrialized countries the state occupied a comfortable and unquestioned position in dealing with environmental problems. Since the 1960s we have witnessed the rather smooth institutionalization of environmental tasks in state policies and politics, leading to the emergence of the "environmental state". In the 1980s, the ideologies of deregulation and privatization formed the start of the debate on the environmental state and the 1990s left the debate facing new challenges. First, the debate became broader and more sophisticated, moving away from simple deregulation and privatization arguments and toward the issue of political modernization and reinventing government. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Series
Research in Social Problems and Public Policy
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780762308545
SKU
V9780762308545
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Reviews for The Environmental State Under Pressure
"This is a useful book, with valuable overview chapters and some interesting case studies. It's main advantage is in attempting to integrate the somewhat esoteric and conceptual debates about the capital and environment common in Europe with some recent events and politics in developing countries... It is certainly worth a read.
Tim Forsyth, London School of Economics, Progress in Development Studies, ... Read more
Tim Forsyth, London School of Economics, Progress in Development Studies, ... Read more