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Greening Society

The Paradigm Shift in Dutch Environmental Politics

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Editors:
  1. Peter P. J. Driessen

    1. Department of Environmental Studies and Policy, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

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  2. Pieter Glasbergen

    1. Department of Environmental Studies and Policy, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Environment & Policy (ENPO, volume 33)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Paradigm Shift in Environmental Politics

      • Pieter Glasbergen, Peter P. J. Driessen
      Pages 3-25

    3. Networks as a New Concept for Governance

      • Henri J. M. Goverde, Nico J. M. Nelissen
      Pages 27-45

    4. Strategies in Environmental Policy

      • Jan P. M. van Tatenhove, Henri J. M. Goverde
      Pages 47-63

  3. Environmental Politics in an Economical Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. Greening Production as Co-Responsibility

      • Walter J. V. Vermeulen
      Pages 67-90

    3. The Stubborn Consumer

      • Walter J. V. Vermeulen
      Pages 91-111

  4. Environmental Politics in a Spatial Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. The Renewal of Rural Areas

      • Peter P. J. Driessen, Henri J. M. Goverde, Jan P. M. van Tatenhove
      Pages 115-135

    3. Policy Innovations in the Urban Context

      • Jochem F. M. van der Waals, Pieter Glasbergen
      Pages 137-160

  5. Political Institutional Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. Environment and Participation

      • Pieter Leroy, Jan P. M. van Tatenhove
      Pages 163-184

    3. Greening Political Institutions

      • Pieter Glasbergen, Henri J. M. Goverde
      Pages 185-204

    4. The Netherlands: International Innovator or Self-Interested Negotiator?

      • Bas Arts, Carel Dieperink, Duncan Liefferink
      Pages 205-224

  6. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225
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    2. The Paradigm Shift in Environmental Policy Research

      • Pieter Leroy, Nico J. M. Nelissen
      Pages 227-244

    3. New Directions in Environmental Politics

      • Peter P. J. Driessen, Pieter Glasbergen
      Pages 245-262

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 263-264
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About this book

This book can be regarded as a monograph on the debates and developments in Dutch environmental policy. It has been written with a specific perspective in mind. First and foremost, the line of approach we have taken was from a multidisciplinary social science point of view. The trend in environmental policy is looked at from the angle of sociology, policy studies and political science. Secondly, all analyses depart from the paradigm shift concept. This particular paradigm shift is based on the fact that a radical change has taken shape over the years in the way environmental issues are handled. Previously, environmental policy had always been characterised by is top-down approach in which government determined the actual objectives of policy and assumed that it could win over business, non governmental organisations and citizens to act in line with those objectives. There was also a great deal of faith in the technical solutions to environmental issues. Today's environmental policy is based on a totally different philosophy. Environmental objectives are now reached in association with business, non-governmental organisations and citizens. These actors are also involved in bringing environmental policy into practice. In other words, the implementation of policy has a more interactive nature. New relationships emerge between government, the market and civil society, and policy discourses also become integrated. The environmental interest is more often weighed against the econom1c interests, the spatial development and against social justice.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Environmental Studies and Policy, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

    Peter P. J. Driessen, Pieter Glasbergen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Greening Society

  • Book Subtitle: The Paradigm Shift in Dutch Environmental Politics

  • Editors: Peter P. J. Driessen, Pieter Glasbergen

  • Series Title: Environment & Policy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9958-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0652-4Published: 30 June 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6031-0Published: 22 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9958-0Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1383-5130

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0110

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 264

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Environmental Management, Ethics, Methodology of the Social Sciences

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