A summary of introduction of a book 'Politics of Environment'.

1. POLITICS OF ENVIRONMENT
INTRODUCTION

2. Ecological
footprint
Industrial
Revolution
Climate change,
pollution, global
warming, etc..
Sustainable
Development
Environmental
Politics in
industrialised
world

3. Environmental Politics: Core components
1. The studies of political theories and ideas relating to the
environment.
2. The examination of political parties and environmental movements.
3. The analysis of public policymaking and implementation affecting the
environment at international, national and local levels.

4. Environmental
Politics
•Has primary
concern with the
relationship between
human society and
the natural world.

5. Holistic
perspective
Conservationist &
Preservationist
Modern
environmentalism

6. Holistic
perspective
•Focuses on the
interdependence of
environmental, political,
social and economic
issues and the way they
interact with each other.

7. Modern Environmentalism [1970s]
1. Driven by the idea of a global ecological crisis that threatened the
existence of humanity.
2. A political and activist movement that demanded a radical
transformation in the values and structure of society.

8. Environmental
discourse is
popularized
The set up of
environmental
ministries, agencies &
new legislation
towards environment.
Appearance of new
political ideas & ways
of thinking about the
environment
Mass environmental
movement
Creation of a new
policy agenda

9. Part 1
•Explores
different ways
of thinking
about the
environment.
•Green political
ideology
(ecologism).
•Limit to
growth.
Part 2
•How do we get
to a sustainable
society with a
focus on
collective
action?
•Contemporary
environmental
movement.
Part 3
•Concerned with
environmental
policy.
•Examines
progress
towards the
implementation
of sustainable
development.

10. Ecologism
•A green political ideology.
•A sustainable society requires radical changes in
our relationship with non-human natural world &
our mode of economic, social and political life.
Limit to
growth
•The belief that the Earth imposes natural limits on
economic and population growth.

11. Radical greens draw a conclusion..
1. The need to a fundamental reassessment of our value
systems.
2. Restructuring the existing political, economic and social
systems to achieve an ecological society.

12. Ecological modernisation
Precautionary principle
Policy paradigm
Eco-taxes
Market-based instruments
Green consumerism

13. • The study of environmental policymaking is incomplete without concepts and
frameworks drawn from the public policy literature; agenda setting theory or
policy network analysis.
• Collective action vs individual action(changing lifestyles and green
consumerism).
Radical rejection of
contemporary society
& narrow concern
with ecological issues
Reformist acceptance
of capitalist liberal
democracy + social
justice agenda