The Politics of Air Pollution : Urban Growth, Ecological Modernization, and Symbolic Inclusion.
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- 9780791483862
- 363.739/2/0973
- HC110.A4 -- G66 2005eb
Intro -- THE POLITICS OF AIR POLLUTION: Urban Growth, Ecological Modernization, and Symbolic Inclusion -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Local Growth Coalitions, Environmental Groups, and Air Pollution -- 2. Political Economy and the Policymaking Process -- 3. The Politics of Air Pollution during the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: The Failure of Technology -- 4. Real Estate and the Rise of the Automobile -- 5. The Establishment of Automobile Emission Standards -- 6. Democratic Ethics, Environmental Groups, and Symbolic Inclusion -- CONCLUSION: Political Power andGlobal Warming -- Notes -- 1. LOCAL GROWTH COALITIONS,ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, AND AIR POLLUTION -- 2. POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE POLICY MAKING PROCESS -- 3. THE POLITICS OF AIR POLLUTION DURING THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES: THE FAILURE OF TECHNOLOGY -- 4. REAL ESTATE AND THE RISE OF THE AUTOMOBILE -- 5. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTOMOBILE EMISSION STANDARDS -- 6. DEMOCRATIC ETHICS, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, AND SYMBOLIC INCLUSION -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W.
Argues that clean air policy is driven by locally oriented economic elites.
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