Comparative Environmental Politics : Theory, Practice, and Prospects.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (441 pages)
- American and Comparative Environmental Policy Series .
- American and Comparative Environmental Policy Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Part I. Building Bridges: Comparative Politics and the Environment -- Chapter 1. Comparative Environmental Politics in a GlobalWorld -- Questions Transcend Borders -- Beyond "Spaceship Earth" : Engaging Complexity, Fostering Understanding -- The Comparative Advantage -- A Fresh Take on Global Environmental Politics -- An Overview of the Book -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2. Bridging Archipelagos: Connecting Comparative Politics and Environmental Politics -- The Comparative Politics Tradition -- Toward a Distinctive Tradition in Comparative Environmental Politics -- The Challenge Ahead -- Notes -- References -- Part II. Greening States and Societies -- Chapter 3. Greening the State? -- A Brief History of Environmental Governance -- Genesis of an Environmental State -- Changing Patterns of State Activity -- Greening the State -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4. The Globalization of Environmental Concern -- The Theory of Postmaterialist Value Change -- Challenges to the Postmaterialist Explanation of Environmental Concern -- Revising the Postmaterialist Explanation of Environmentalism -- Analyses of the WVS Data Sets -- Implications for Policy Making and Social Science Theory -- Notes -- References -- Part III. Nonstate Actors and Social Mobilization -- Chapter 5. The Comparative Study of Environmental Movements -- Environmental Movements: A Brief Introduction -- Varieties of Environmentalism -- Organizational Forms, Trajectories, and Impacts: Social Movement Theory and Environmental Movements -- Environmental Movements and Comparative Politics: Political Contexts and Opportunities -- Comparing Environmental Movements in a Globalizing World -- Future Research Agendas -- Notes -- References. Chapter 6. Business-State Relations and the Environment: The Evolving Role of Corporate Social Responsibility -- Business-State Relations -- The Domestic Origins of Corporate Social Responsibility in Advanced Industrialized Countries -- Domestic Origins of Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries -- CSR as a Global Movement -- Conclusion: From VEPs and Certification to Sustainability -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7. Political Parties and the "Meaning of Greening" inEuropean Politics -- Strategic and Ideological Predicaments -- Explaining the Rise of Green Politics -- Conclusions: Whither the Greens? -- Notes -- References -- Part IV. Institutional Effectiveness across Political Systems -- Chapter 8. Democracy and the Environment in Latin America and Eastern Europe -- Thinking Theoretically about Environment and Democracy -- Thinking Quantitatively about Environment and Democracy -- Thinking Qualitatively about Environment and Democracy over Time: Democratization in Latin America and Eastern Europe -- The Impact of Transition in Central and Eastern Europe -- The Impact of Transition in Latin America -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9. Institutional Change in Authoritarian Regimes: Water and the State in Egypt -- Bringing the Middle East into Comparative Environmental Politics -- Egypt' s Water Dilemmas -- Irrigation "Reform," Institutional Change, and the Local State -- Elected Associations in an Authoritarian System -- Encountering the "High" State and the "Local" State -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10. Welcome to the Jungle: Policy Theory and Political Instability -- Conceptualizing Policy Change -- Sources of Instability -- Sources of Durability in Stochastic Political Systems -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Part V. Comparative Multilevel Governance. Chapter 11. EU Expansion and the Internationalization of Environmental Politics in Central and Eastern Europe -- Sources of International Influence -- Impacts of Internationalization: Convergence or Divergence? -- Environment for Europe -- Regional Commons Cooperation -- EU Accession -- Conclusions -- Note -- References -- Chapter 12. Local Institutions and the Governance of Forest Commons -- Forests and Common Property -- What Factors Lead to Successful Governance of Forest Commons? -- Directions for Future Research -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 13. Federalism, Multilevel Governance, and Climate Change Politics across the Atlantic -- Introduction -- Why Transatlantic Differences? -- From Global Regimes to Multilevel Governance and Federalism -- Transatlantic Comparisons -- Comparative Climate Change Politics around the Globe -- Notes -- References -- Part VI. Future Directions -- Chapter 14. Comparative Theory and Environmental Practice: Toward Doubly Engaged Social Science -- Measuring the Distance -- What Can Theory Offer Practice? -- What Does the Study of Environmental Practice Offer Theory? -- Methods for Doubly Engaged Research -- Future Directions -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Combining the theoretical tools of comparative politics with the substantive concerns of environmental policy, experts explore responses to environmental problems across nations and political systems.
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