Environmental Politics in Southern Europe

by Eder, Klaus; Kousis, Maria

• ISBN13: 9780792367536
• ISBN10: 0792367537
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

'Europe is sometimes credited with a 'polis,' but not a 'demos'. Political integration and economic globalisation cannot diminish local identity and social memories. This fascinating collection of national case studies shows why there will always be a local 'demos' located in ecology, economy, and society. But there will never be a transnational 'demos', precisely because locality is the basis for meaningful sustainability. Long may it triumph.' Tim O'Riordan, CSERGE, University of East Anglia 'The book offers a refreshing perspective on the diversity of Europe and at the same time, on the interdependence of the policies, economies, and societies of European countries. Going beyond the dichotomies of 'good and bad' and 'leaders and laggards' in environmental matters, the authors contribute to a different understanding of the North-South divide in the process of European integration.' Angela Liberatore, European Commission, Directorate General for Research 'This is a self-consciously revisionist volume, whose findings are theoretically significant, policy-relevant, and timely. Its insistence on 'bringing society back in,' its debunking of the notion of a 'Mediterranean syndrome,' its emphasis on developmental 'leapfrogging' capacity of late-comers to emerge as leaders in contexts of late modernity, and its systematic attempt to reconceptualize the politics of Europeanization should be carefully listed to students and policy-makers concerned with collective action, Southern Europe, European integration, and environmental politics.' P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, University of Athens

Author Biography

Susana Aguilar Fernandez is Senior Reader at the Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Evi Arahoviti is a Msc. Researcher at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development of the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece. Inaki Barcena is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science at the University of the Basque Country, Spain. Helen Briassoulis is Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, Lesvos, Greece. George A. Daoutopoulos is Professor of Agricultural Economics at the Department of Agricultural Economics at the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Mario Diani is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Government of the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Klaus Eder is Professor of Sociology at the Institute for Social Sciences of the Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany. Teresa Fidelis is Lecturer at the Department of Environment and Planning of the University of Aveiro, Portugal. Elisabete Figueiredo is Lecturer at the Department of Environment and Planning of the University of Aveiro, Portugal. Joaquim Gil Nave is Professor of Sociology at the Instituto Superior de Ciencias do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE), Lisbon, Portugal. Pedro Ibarra is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science of the University of the Basque Country, Spain. Manuel Jimenez is a Doctoral Candidate and Researcher at the Center for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, Juan March Institute, Madrid, Spain. Maria Kousis is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Crete, Rethimno, Greece. Leonidas Louloudis is Assistant Professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development of the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece. Dimitris A. Papadopoulos is a PhD Researcher at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development of the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece. Eugenia Petropoulou is Research Associate at the University of Crete Research Fund, Greece. Artur da Rosa Pires is Professor of Development Planning at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. Geoffrey Pridham is Professor of European Politics and Director of the Centre for Mediterranean Studies at the University of Bristol, UK. Myrto Pyrovetsi is Assistant Professor at the Department of Ecology in the School of Biology of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Michael Redclift is Professor of Rural Sociology in the Environment Section, Wye College of the University of London, UK. Carlo Ruzza is PhD Lecturer in Sociology and European Studies at the University of Essex, UK. Anna Triandafyllidou is a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Preface	1	(2)
EU policy-making, local action, and the emergence of institutions of collective action	3	(22)
Maria Kousis
Klaus Eder
Part I The Europeanization of Environmental Politics
Sustainability as a Discursive Device for Mobilizing European Publics	25	(28)
Klaus Eder
Sustainability and the North/South Divide	53	(20)
Michael Redclift
Sustainable Development - The Formal or Informal Way?	73	(28)
Helen Briassoulis
Sustainability and Tourism	101	(28)
Carlo Ruzza
Part II Sustainability from Above and from Below in Southern Europe. Comparative Studies and Country Studies on Collective Action in Southern Europe
Competing Claims in Local Environmental Conflicts in Southern Europe	129	(22)
Maria Kousis
Greek Rural Society and Sustainable Development	151	(24)
George A. Daoutopoulos
Myrto Pyrovetsi
Eugenia Petropoulou
The Ecologist Movement in the Basque Country	175	(22)
Inaki Barcena
Pedro Ibarra
Grassroots Environmental Action in Portugal (1974-1994)	197	(28)
Elisabete Figueiredo
Teresa Fidelis
Artur Da Rosa Pires
Part III Sustainability Discourses and the Emergence of Institutions for Collective Action in Southern Europe
Sustainable Development and the Participation of Environmental NGOs in Spanish Environmental Policy	225	(30)
Manuel Jimenez
Is Spanish Environmental Policy Becoming More Participatory?	255	(22)
Susana Aguilar Fernandez
Interaction Between State and Non-state Actors in the Implementation of the CAP Agri-environmental Measures	277	(22)
Leonidas Louloudis
Evi Arahoviti
Dimitris A. Papadopoulos
Images of Sustainable Development in Italy	299	(22)
Mario Diani
From Common Interest to Partnership	321	(22)
Anna Triandafyllidou
Non-Governmental Groups and the State	343	(22)
Joaquim Gil Nave
Tourism Policy and Sustainability in Italy, Spain and Greece	365	(42)
Geoffrey Pridham
Is There a Mediterranean Syndrome?	393	(14)
Klaus Eder
Maria Kousis
Index	407