The Politics of Environmental Discourse: Ecological Modernization and the Policy Process

by Maarten A. Hajer

This path-breaking study looks at the nature of contemporary environmental politics, analyzing the emergence and sustenance of institutional perceptions of environmental problems. The book argues that a new perspective-- "ecological modernization", which stresses the opportunities of environmental policy for modernizing the economy and stimulating technological innovation--has come to replace the antagonistic debates of the 1970s.

344 pages, Paperback

First published December 14, 1995

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