Environmental Politics
About the Book Series
Over recent years environmental politics has moved from a peripheral interest to a central concern within the discipline of politics. This series aims to reinforce this trend through the publication of books that investigate the nature of contemporary environmental politics and show the centrality of environmental politics to the study of politics per se. The series understands politics in a broad sense and books will focus on mainstream issues such as the policy process and new social movements as well as emerging areas such as cultural politics and political economy. Books in the series will analyse contemporary political practices with regards to the environment and/or explore possible future directions for the ‘greening’ of contemporary politics. The series will be of interest not only to academics and students working in the environmental field, but will also demand to be read within the broader discipline.
The series consists of two strands:
Environmental Politics addresses the needs of students and teachers, and the titles are published in paperback and hardback.
Routledge Research in Environmental Politics presents innovative new research intended for high-level specialist readership. These titles are published in hardback only.
New Instruments of Environmental Governance?: National Experiences and Prospects
1st Edition
Edited
By Andrew Jordan, Rudiger K.W. Wurzel, Anthony R. Zito
August 30, 2003
The use of so-called "new" environmental policy instruments such as eco-taxes, tradable permits, voluntary agreements and eco-labels has prompted widespread claims that these devices have replaced regulation. These papers offer a fresh perspective on the evolving tool-box of environmental policy....
Deliberative Democracy and the Environment
1st Edition
By Graham Smith
July 18, 2003
Contemporary democracies are frequently criticized for failing to respond adequately to environmental problems and our political institutions are often charged with misrepresenting environmental values in decision-making processes. In this innovative volume, Graham Smith argues that the enhancement...
Green Parties in National Governments
1st Edition
By Ferdinand Muller-Rommel, Thomas Poguntke
May 01, 2002
By the late 1990s Green parties had entered national governments in five Western European countries - Finland, Italy, Germany, France and Belgium. This book aims to provide an understanding of the differences and similarities of Green parties in coalition governments....
Ecological Modernisation Around the World: Perspectives and Critical Debates
1st Edition
Edited
By Arthur P.J. Mol, David A. Sonnenfeld
April 01, 2000
The idea of ecological modernisation originated in Western Europe in the 1980s, gaining attention around the world by the late 1990s. At the core of this social scientific and policy-oriented approach is the view that contemporary societies have the capability of dealing with their environmental ...
Planning Sustainability
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Kenny, James Meadowcroft
October 20, 1999
Environmental sustainability has become one of the most salient issues on the policy agenda of nation-states. This book argues that planning is seldom credited by advocates of environmental politics. The authors, leading scholars in the field, explore the relationship between environmental ...
Environmental Movements: Local, National and Global
1st Edition
By Christopher Rootes
September 29, 1999
Despite growing evidence of the universality of environmental problems and of economic and cultural globalization, the development of a truly global environmental movement is at best tentative. The dilemmas which confront environmental organizations are no less apparent at the global than at ...
International Relations Theory and Ecological Thought: Towards a Synthesis
1st Edition
By Eric Laferrière, Peter J. Stoett
April 16, 1999
Ecological crises have never been higher on the international political agenda. However, ecological thought and international relations theory have developed as separate disciplines. This ground-breaking study looks at the relationship between ecological thought and international relations theory ...
Global Warming and Global Politics
1st Edition
By Matthew Paterson
October 21, 1996
Examines the major theories within international relations, and how these can help us understand the emergence of global warming as a political issue....