State and the Global Ecological Crisis

Name: State and the Global Ecological Crisis
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ISBN: 9780262524353

ISBN-10: 026252435X

ISBN-13: 9780262524353

Edition: 2005

Authors: John Barry, Robyn Eckersley

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Countering the current view of many environmental activists that sovereign nations cannot provide effective environmental governance, "The State and the Global Ecological Crisis offers analyses and case studies that explore the prospects for "reinstating the state" as a facilitator of progressive environmental change rather than a contributor to environmental destruction. The authors recognize that, despite the new pressures of global economic competition and rapid technological change, the state remains the preeminent institution with the capacity and authority to secure environmental protection. The book explores the possibilities for the "greening" of the state, domestically and…

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List price: $6.75
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 5/27/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

John Barry is Reader in Green Political Economy, at the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast.

Robyn Eckersley is Reader/Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Melbourne. She is the author of The Green State: Rethinking Democracy and Sovereignty (MIT Press, 2004).



An Introduction to Reinstating the State



The State and Domestic Environmental Governance



From Welfare State to Ecostate




Out of Chaos, a Shining Star? Toward a Typology of Green States




Modernizing the British State: Ecological Contradictions in New Labour's Economic Strategy




Green Political Strategy and the State: Combining Political Theory and Comparative History




Environmental and Ecological Justice: Theory and Practice in the United States




Penitent Destroyer? The Philippine State in Pursuit of Environmental Justice




The State and Transnational Environmental Governance



Greening the Constitutional State: Environmental Rights in the European Union




Greening the Nation-State: From Exclusive to Inclusive Sovereignty




Old States in New Bottles? The Hybridization of Authority in Global Environmental Governance




The Republican State: An Alternative Foundation for Global Environmental Governance




In Defense of International Environmental Cooperation




W(h)ither the Green State?



References


List of Contributors


Index