Greening the Millennium?

This collection of specially commissioned essays aims both to broaden understanding of environmental issues, and to explore their implications for politics. The book discusses the concepts of the 'risk society' and 'ecological modernisation', examines the relationship between science, public policy and democratic renewal, and analyses green politics in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK.

Introduction: Greening the Millennium? (Michael Jacobs). Perspectives. Global Risk Politics (Ulrich Beck). Beyond Left and Right? Ecological Politics, Capitalism and Modernity. (Ted Benton). The Quality of Life: Social Goods and the Politics of Consumption. (Michael Jacobs). Environmental Politics: The Old and the New. (Jonathon Porritt). Political Economy. Ecological Modernisation. Restructuring Industrial Economies. (Andrew Gouldson and Joseph Murphy). Interpreting Sustainable Development: The Case of Land Use Planning. (Susan Owens). The Political Economy of Environmental Tax Reform. (Stephen Tindale). Governance. Environment, Risk and Democracy. (Robin Grove-White). Responses. Using Science. (Phyllis Starkey). Making Environmental Policy. (Derek Osborn). Local Agenda 21: The Renewal of Local Democracy? (Stephen Young). Voluntary Associations and the Sustainable Society. (Bronislaw Szerszynski). Public and Partoes. Public Opinion and the Environment. (Robert Worcester). Lessons from Europe. Green Politics and Parties in Germany. (Detlef Jahn). Greening and Ungreening the Netherlands. (Paul Lucardie). Prospects: The Parties and the Environment in the UK. (Neil Carter). Index