Greening Environmental Policy The Politics of a Sustainable Future

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Greening Environmental Policy: THE POLITICS OF A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE edited by

Frank Fischer and Michael Black

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Paul Chapman Publishing Ltd

Selection and editorial material copyright © 1995 , Frank Fischer and Michael Black. All other material © as credited.

All rights reserved Paul Chapma'l Publishing Ltd 144 Liverpool Road London N1 1LA

Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Design and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency.lnquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers at the abovementioned address. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Greening Environmental Policy: Politics of a Sustainable Future I. Fischer, Frank II. Black, Michael 333.72 ISBN 978-1-85396-310-0 ISBN 978-1-85396-259-2 ISBN 978-0-312-12792-3 ISBN 978-1-137-08357-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-08357-9

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Contents

Contributors

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Introduction

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Part I

Between economics and ecology: sustainability in political perspective 1 The uncertain quest for sustainability: public discourse and the politics of environmentalism Douglas Torgerson 2

Sustainable development as a power/knowledge system: the problem of 'governmentality' Timothy W. Luke

3 Towards a sustainable future: the organizing role of ecologism in the north-south relationship Hector R. Leis and Eduardo]. Viola Part II

Environmental policy-making: beyond industrial ideology and technocratic strategy

1 3

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The unnatural policies of natural resource agencies: fishery policy on the Sacramento River Michael Black

53

5

Environmental technology and the green car: towards a sustainable transportation policy Lamont C. Hempel

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6

The North American Free Trade Agreement and the environment: economic growth versus democratic politics Derek Churchill and Richard Worthington

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7

Environmental policy in Chile: the politics of the comprehensive law Eduardo Silva

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Contents

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Part Ill Towards a sustainable future: environmental values, institutions and participatory practices 8

Environmental values for a sustainable society: the democratic challenge Robert Paehlke

129

9

Acid rain in Great Britain: environmental discourse and the hidden politics of institutional practice Maarten A. Hajer

145

10

Hazardous waste policy, community movements and the politics of Nimby: participatory risk assessment in the USA and Canada Frank Fischer

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Industrial and environmental crises: rethinking corporate social responsibility Paul Shrivastava

183

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Strategic management and business policy-making: bringing in environmental values Jo McCloskey and Denis Smith

199

Global warming and the greenhouse effect: