Greening Environmental Policy : The Politics of a Sustainable Future

broadly Committed To The Goals And Values Of A Green Political Perspective, The Chapters In This Book Show The Environmental Crisis To Be Essentially A Political-economic Crisis. The Pursuit Of Sustainability Cannot Proceed Without Significant Changes In Our Economic Enterprises, Public Institutions And Personal Lives. Reaching Beyond The Contradictions Of Sustainable Development, The Authors Explore The Kinds Of Political Arrangements Needed To Throw Open Sustainability To Wide-ranging Debate, Both National And International. They Advance Alternative Environmental Policymaking Processes Designed To Forge A Genuine Political Consensus Around These Questions, As Well As Institutional, Cultural And Behavioural Strategies Capable Of Translating It Into Effective Policy Solutions. Fundamental To These Strategies, A Progressive Commitment To Participatory Democracy Is Seen To Provide The Surest Footing For Both The Articulation And Realization Of A Sustainable Future. Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Contributors 8 Introduction 12 Part I Between economics and ecology: sustainability in political perspective 19 1 The uncertain quest for sustainability: public discourse and the politics of environmentalism 21 2 Sustainable development as a power/knowledge system: the problem of 'governmentality' 39 3 Towards a sustainable future: the organizing role of ecologism in the north-south relationship 51 Part II Environmental policy-making: beyond industrial ideology and technocratic strategy 68 4 The unnatural policies of natural resource agencies: fishery policy on the Sacramento River 70 5 Environmental technology and the green car: towards a sustainable transportation policy 83 6 The North American Free Trade Agreement and the environment: economic growth versus democratic politics 104 7 Environmental policy in Chile: the politics of the comprehensive law 121 Part III Towards a sustainable future: environmental values, institutions and participatory practices 144 8 Environmental values for a sustainable society: the democratic challenge 146 9 Acid rain in Great Britain: environmental discourse and the hidden politics of institutional practice 162 10 Hazardous waste policy, community movements and the politics of Nimby: participatory risk assessment in the USA and Canada 182 11 Industrial and environmental crises: rethinking corporate social responsibility 200 12 Strategic management and business policy-making: bringing in environmental values 216 Appendix Global warming and the greenhouse effect: implications for international environmental policy 227 Index 233 Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Front Matter....Pages 1-2 The uncertain quest for sustainability: public discourse and the politics of environmentalism....Pages 3-20 Sustainable development as a power/knowledge system: the problem of ‘governmentality’....Pages 21-32 Towards a sustainable future: the organizing role of ecologism in the north-south relationship....Pages 33-49 Front Matter....Pages 51-52 The unnatural policies of natural resource agencies: fishery policy on the Sacramento River....Pages 53-65 Environmental technology and the green car: towards a sustainable transportation policy....Pages 66-86 The North American Free Trade Agreement and the environment: economic growth versus democratic politics....Pages 87-103 Environmental policy in Chile: the politics of the comprehensive law....Pages 104-126 Front Matter....Pages 127-128 Environmental values for a sustainable society: the democratic challenge....Pages 129-144 Acid rain in Great Britain: environmental discourse and the hidden politics of institutional practice....Pages 145-164 Hazardous waste policy, community movements and the politics of Nimby: participatory risk assessment in the USA and Canada....Pages 165-182 Industrial and environmental crises: rethinking corporate social responsibility....Pages 183-198 Strategic management and business policy-making: bringing in environmental values....Pages 199-209 Back Matter....Pages 210-221 "Broadly committed to the goals and values of a green political perspective, the chapters in this book show the environmental crisis to be essentially a political-economic crisis. The pursuit of sustainability cannot proceed without significant changes in our economic enterprises, public institutions and personal lives. Reaching beyond the contradictions of sustainable development, the authors explore the kinds of political arrangements needed to throw open sustainability to wide-ranging debate, both national and international. They advance alternative environmental policymaking processes designed to forge a genuine political consensus around these questions, as well as institutional, cultural and behavioural strategies capable of translating it into effective policy solutions. Fundamental to these strategies, a progressive commitment to participatory democracy is seen to provide the surest footing for both the articulation and realization of a sustainable future."--BOOK JACKET