Greening Environmental Policy: The Politics of a Sustainable Future

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