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Annotation In this book Robert Brulle draws on a broad range of empirical and theoretical research to investigate the effectiveness of U.S. environmental groups. Brulle shows how Critical Theory--in particular the work of Jürgen Habermas--can expand our understanding of the social causes of environmental degradation and the political actions necessary to deal with it. He then develops both a pragmatic and a moral argument for broad-based democratization of society as a prerequisite to the achievement of ecological sustainability. From the perspectives of frame analysis, resource mobilization, and historical sociology, using data on more than one hundred environmental groups, Brulle examines the core beliefs, structures, funding, and political practices of a wide variety of environmental organizations. He identifies the social processes that foster the development of a democratic environmental movement and those that hinder it. He concludes with suggestions for how environmental groups can make their organizational practices more democratic and politically effective.

Environmentalism --- History. --- ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy

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How solar could spark a clean-energy transition through transformative innovation -- creative financing, revolutionary technologies, and flexible energy systems.

Solar energy. --- ENVIRONMENT/Energy --- ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy

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Der Band versteht sich als ein soziologisch orientiertes Einführungs- und Lehrbuch zum Thema Trinkwasser, das bei zunehmender und facettenreicher werdender Relevanz sozial und sozialwissenschaftlich zunehmend fokussiert wird. Auf der Basis einer ausführlichen programmatischen Einführung von Herbert Willems versammelt der Band Beiträge, die in einem auch globalisierungstheoretisch umfassenden und zugleich differenzierenden Sinne sozio-kulturelle Realitäten von Trinkwasser behandeln. Die Beiträge sind im Rahmen eines Master-Seminars am Institut für Soziologie der Universität Gießen entstanden. Ergänzend enthält der Band eine systematische Literaturrecherche zum Thema Trinkwasser. Der Inhalt Auf dem Weg zu einem soziologischen Verständnis der Realitäten des Trinkwassers Trinkwasserkulturen Wasserwirtschaft Trinkwasserkonsum und Images von Trinkwasser Trinkwasserkonflikte Trinkwasser und Lifestyle Wasser in der Kunst und im Kontext von Religion Trinkwasserkrisen im Rahmen von Bevölkerungswachstum, Klimawandel und globaler Ökonomie Die Zielgruppen Dozierende und Studierende der Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften Mitarbeitende in Einrichtungen der Erziehung und Bildung, Journalisten Der Herausgeber Dr. Herbert Willems ist Professor für Soziologie am Fachbereich Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften der Universität Gießen.

Economic development. --- Environmental policy. --- Globalization. --- Development Studies. --- Environmental Politics.

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This text shows in detail how the concept of economic dynamics can reshape thinking about environmental law and policy. It argues that environmental policymaking in the US has been poorly served by the view of the relationship between environmental regulation and economy, technology and business.

Environmental policy --- Environmental law --- ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy --- ECONOMICS/Environmental Economics

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The Business of Global Environmental Governance takes a political economy approach to understanding the role of business in global environmental politics. The book's contributors -- from a range of disciplines including international political economy, management, and political science -- view the evolution of international environmental governance as a dynamic interplay of economic structures, business strategies, and political processes. By providing comparative insights to the responses of business to major international environmental issues, the book illuminates the ways business activity shapes and is shaped by global environmental policies. It moves beyond the usual emphasis on state actors and formal regimes, instead focusing on empirical and theoretical contributions that examine the reciprocal relationship between corporate strategy and international environmental governance. After developing a theoretical framework for understanding the role of business in environmental governance, the book provides empirical studies of business strategies across a range of cases, from formal regimes to combat climate change and ozone depletion to more informal and private regimes for tropical logging and the ISO 14000 environmental management standards. These case studies demonstrate the key roles of business, markets, and private actors in shaping international environmental institutions and constructing new forms of governance.

Environmental policy --- Globalization --- Economic aspects. --- International cooperation. --- Environmental aspects. --- ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy