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

Authors

Maarten A. Hajer

Document Type

Book

Publication Date

1997

Journal/Book Title/Conference

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

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

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.

Comments

Originally published by Oxford University Press. Book available for purchase through remote link. Fulltext of publication not available online.

Recommended Citation

Hajer, M. A. (1995), The Politics of Environmental Discourse: Ecological Modernization and the Policy Process, Oxford University Press, New York, NY.