Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice

by Connelly; James

• ISBN13: 9780415572125
• ISBN10: 0415572126
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2012-04-18
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Politics and the Environmenthas established itself as the most comprehensive textbook in this area. This new edition has been completely revised and updated whilst retaining the features and the theory to practice focus which made the first two editions so successful. This text is designed to introduce students to the key concepts and issues which surround environmental problems and their political solutions. The authors investigate the people, movements and organisations that form and implement these policies, and explore the barriers which hinder successful introduction of international environmental politics. This new edition has been expanded to include: The shift in focus in environmental politics from sustainable development to climate change governance Far more material on climate change including institutional, national and global responses in the aftermath of the Kyoto protocol An increased international focus with more case studies from the UK, Europe, Australia and North America More discussion of global environmental social movements including the US environmental organisations, in particular the Green Party and the environmental justice groups There is an additional co-author for this edition, David Benson from the University of East Anglia This textbook is an invaluable and accessible resource for undergraduates studying environmental politics.

Author Biography

James Connelly is Professor of Politics at the University of Hull. Graham Smith is Professor of Politics at the University of Southampton. David Benson is a Lecturer in Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia. Clare Saunders is a Senior Lecturer in Politics International Relations at the University of Southampton.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Environmental Thought and Action	p. 13
Introduction to Part I	p. 14
Environmental philosophy	p. 17
Reasoning about nature and the environment	p. 18
Three moral traditions and the environment	p. 21
The nature of value and the value of nature	p. 31
Duties to the human world	p. 34
Conclusion	p. 45
Case study: Modifying nature	p. 47
Suggestions for further reading	p. 52
Notes	p. 52
Green ideology	p. 54
Politics, ethics and the limits to growth	p. 56
Western political traditions and the emergence of a green ideology	p. 59
Sustainable development, ecological modernisation and beyond	p. 73
Conclusion	p. 85
Case study: The principles and policies of the green political programme	p. 85
Suggestions for further reading	p. 91
Notes	p. 91
Environmental movements	p. 94
Defining environmental movements	p. 95
Understanding the why, when and how of environmental movements	p. 99
The development of environmental movements	p. 102
Green parties	p. 108
Green consumerism	p. 122
Conclusion	p. 127
Case study: The Camp for Climate Action	p. 128
Suggestions for further reading	p. 133
Notes	p. 134
The Background to Environmental Policymaking	p. 137
Introduction to Part II	p. 138
Rationality and power in environmental decision making	p. 141
Collective action problems	p. 142
Public opinion and the issue attention cycle	p. 149
Complexity, uncertainty and bounded rationality	p. 152
Power and influence: setting the policy agenda	p. 156
Conclusion	p. 165
Case study: Air pollution in the USA	p. 166
Suggestions for further reading	p. 170
Notes	p. 170
Policy principles and instruments	p. 172
Policy principles	p. 174
Policy instruments	p. 178
Conclusion	p. 201
Case study: Road congestion: The price to be paid?	p. 202
Suggestions for further reading	p. 209
Notes	p. 209
Valuation of the environment	p. 211
Economic valuation of environmental interventions	p. 212
Environmental assessment	p. 227
Measuring sustainable development	p. 233
Conclusion	p. 238
Case study: Weak and strong sustainability	p. 238
Suggestions for further reading	p. 242
Notes	p. 242
Multi-Level Environmental Governance: From Global to Local	p. 245
Introduction to Part III	p. 246
Greening global governance	p. 249
The structure and operation of global environmental governance	p. 251
Legal frameworks and outputs	p. 251
The internationalisation of the environment: from Stockholm to Bali (via Rio)	p. 265
The international politics of sustainable development	p. 268
The international politics of climate change	p. 276
Conclusion	p. 280
Case study: Deal or no deal? The Copenhagen Accord	p. 281
Suggestions for further reading	p. 285
Notes	p. 285
The European Union and environmental integration	p. 287
The structure and operation of European environmental governance	p. 289
From the politics of environmental quality to the governance of climate change	p. 294
The politics of climate change	p. 302
Conclusion	p. 306
Case study: Market trader: The EU as climate policy actor	p. 308
Suggestions for further reading	p. 311
Note	p. 312
Constructing the green state	p. 313
The structure and operation of national environmental governance	p. 315
Towards greener states?	p. 323
Conclusion	p. 346
Case study: Up in the air? Australian emissions trading	p. 348
Suggestions for further reading	p. 351
Notes	p. 351
Local environmental governance	p. 353
The structure and operation of local governance	p. 356
Changing patterns of local environmental governance	p. 361
Conclusion	p. 372
Case study: Transnational networks for local government climate action	p. 373
Suggestions for further reading	p. 376
Notes	p. 377
Concluding remarks: The future of environmental politics?	p. 379
Bibliography	p. 385
Index	p. 413
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