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- Half-title
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- Preface to Third Edition
- Glossary
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Further Reading and Websites
- Part I Theory: Thinking About the Environment
- 2 Environmental Philosophy
- Staking Out the Territory
- Types of Value
- The Anthropocentric-Ecocentric Divide
- A Green Theory of Value?
- Holistic Perspectives
- Moral Extensionism
- Animal Liberationism
- Moral Extensionism as an Environmental Ethic
- Conclusion: Breaking Down the Anthropocentric-Ecocentric Divide
- Further Reading
- Notes
- 3 Green Political Thought
- The Central Ideas of Ecologism
- The Limits to Growth
- A Green Programme for a Sustainable Society
- Does Sustainability Require Specific Political Arrangements?
- Must Green Politics Be Democratic?
- Must a Green Polity Be Decentralised?
- Must a Green Society Be Egalitarian?
- Traditional Political Ideologies and the Green Challenge
- Conservatism and Neoliberalism
- Classical Liberalism
- Authoritarianism
- Socialism and Marxism
- Feminism
- Anarchism
- Neither Left nor Right But in Front?
- Further Reading
- Notes
- Part II Parties and Movements: Getting From Here to There
- 4 Green Parties
- Green Party Electoral Performance: An Overview
- The Rise of the Greens
- New Social Movements?
- Environmentalism as Middle-Class Elitism?
- Environmentalism as Postmaterialism?
- Green Parties as New Politics?
- Explaining Green Party Success
- Germany
- France
- Great Britain
- The Political Opportunity Structure and Green Party Performance
- The Green Party Family
- Contemporary Challenges
- Conclusion
- Further Reading and Websites
- Notes
- 5 Party Politics and the Environment
- Green Parties in Power
- The ‘Greening’ of Established Parties
- Germany
- Britain
- The USA
- Explaining Party Politicisation
- Conclusion
- Further Reading and Websites
- Germany
- UK
- USA
- Notes
- 6 Environmental Groups
- The Environmental Movement: An Audit
- A Typology of Environmental Groups
- The Institutionalisation of the Environmental Movement
- Grassroots Environmentalism
- Joining Up
- Transnational Environmental Movements
- The Impact of the Environmental Movement
- Conclusion
- Further Reading and Websites
- International Websites
- UK Websites
- USA Websites
- Notes
- Part III Environmental Policy: Achieving a Sustainable Society
- 7 The Environment as a Policy Problem
- Core Characteristics of the Environment as a Policy Problem
- Public Goods
- Transboundary Problems
- Complexity and Uncertainty
- Irreversibility
- Temporal and Spatial Variability
- Administrative Fragmentation
- Regulatory Intervention
- The Traditional Policy Paradigm
- Political Obstacles to Change
- The Power of Producers
- Administrative Fragmentation
- Achieving Policy Change
- Agenda-Setting
- The Advocacy Coalition Framework
- Policy Communities and Exogenous Change
- The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again?) of Nuclear Power
- Conclusion
- Further Reading
- Notes
- 8 Sustainable Development, Ecological Modernisation and Green Growth
- Sustainable Development
- Spreading the Word
- A Complex and Contested Concept
- Core Principles of Sustainable Development
- Equity
- Democracy and Participation
- The Precautionary Principle
- Policy Integration
- Planning
- Sustainable Development: Reform or Revolution?
- Ecological Modernisation: A Rich-Country Solution?
- The Concept
- Ecological Modernisation as a Positive-Sum Game?
- Limitations of Ecological Modernisation
- The Role of the State and Industry
- The State
- Industry
- Green Growth
- Conclusion
- Further Reading
- Notes
- 9 Global Environmental Politics
- The Paradox of International Co-operation
- Environmental Regimes: The Ozone and Climate Change Treaties
- Ozone Protection
- Climate Change
- Accounting for Regimes
- Regime Implementation
- Global Environmental Politics and Sustainable Development
- Conclusion
- Further Reading and Websites
- Notes
- 10 Globalisation, Trade and the Environment
- Globalisation and the Environment
- International Trade and the Environment
- The WTO and the Environment
- North American Free Trade Agreement
- The European Union
- Conclusion
- Further Reading and Websites
- Notes
- 11 Greening Government
- Integration
- Integration through Organisational Reform
- Integration through Administrative Techniques
- Planning
- EU Environmental Action Plans
- National Green Plans
- Local Agenda 21
- Democracy and Participation
- Conclusion
- Further Reading and Websites
- Note
- 12 Policy Instruments and Implementation
- Regulation and Regulatory Styles
- The Case for Regulation
- Implementation Deficit and State Failure
- Implementation Deficit and National Regulatory Styles
- Government Expenditure
- Voluntary Action
- Market-Based Instruments
- The Case for Market-Based Instruments
- Limitations of Market-Based Instruments
- The Politics of Market-Based Instruments
- Policy Instruments and Climate Change
- Energy Policy
- Transport Policy
- Conclusion
- Further Reading and Websites
- Notes
- 13 Conclusion
- References
- Index
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