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List of figures 12 List of tables 13 List of boxes 14 Preface to the second edition 18 Acknowledgements 20 Abbreviations 22 Glossary 26 1 INTRODUCTION 34 Part I: THEORY: THINKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT 57 2 ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY 61 Staking out the territory 64 Holistic perspectives 76 Moral extensionism 92 Conclusion: breaking down the anthropocentric - ecocentric divide 113 3 GREEN POLITICAL THOUGHT 124 The central ideas of ecologism 127 Traditional political ideologies and the green challenge 184 Neither left nor right, but in front? 207 Part II: PARTIES AND MOVEMENTS: GETTING FROM HERE TO THERE 217 4 GREEN PARTIES: THE RISE OF A NEW POLITICS? 222 Green party electoral performance: an overview 225 Is there a new politics? 229 The political opportunity structure and green party success 250 Whatever happened to the environment? 272 New challenges 273 Conclusion 278 5 PARTY POLITICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT 284 Green parties in Parliament and Government 286 The 'greening' of established parties 312 Explaining party politicisation 337 Conclusion 342 6 ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS 348 The environmental movement: an audit 351 A typology of environmental groups 354 The institutionalisation of the environmental movement 357 The resurgence of grassroots environmentalism 373 A new civic politics? 387 The impact of the environmental movement 396 Conclusion 405 Part III: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY: ACHIEVING A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY 415 7 THE ENVIRONMENT AS A POLICY PROBLEM 419 Core characteristics of the environment as a policy problem 422 The traditional policy paradigm 437 Political obstacles to change 440 Achieving policy change 459 Conclusion 492 8 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ECOLOGICAL MOD- ERNISATION 497 Sustainable development 499 Ecological modernisation: the practical solution? 565 Conclusion 567 9 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS 573 The paradox of international co-operation 577 Environmental regimes: the ozone and climate change treaties 582 Accounting for regimes 605 Regime implementation 617 Global environmental politics and sustainable development 626 Conclusion 633 10 GLOBALISATION, TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT 641 Globalisation and the environment 643 Trade and the environment 648 NAFTA 656 The European Union 664 Conclusion 667 11 GREENING GOVERNMENT 684 Integration 688 Planning 719 Democracy and participation 735 Conclusion 745 12 POLICY INSTRUMENTS AND IMPLEMENTATION 749 Regulation and regulatory styles 753 Voluntary action 767 Government expenditure 773 Market-based instruments 774 Policy instruments and climate change 794 Conclusion 812 13 CONCLUSION 821 References 839 Index 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Green movement.
Environmentalism -- Political aspects.
Environmental policy.