Environmental Principles and Policies by Sharon Beder

Environmental Principles and Policies by Sharon Beder

Takes a interdisciplinary and analytical approach to the development, implementation and impact of environmental policies that govern our relationship with the environment. This work also covers how principles are applied in real life to a range of issues from persistent chemical pollution to climate change to fishing rights and watershed usage.

'A vigorous demolition of the pervasive neoliberal approach to environmental issues, which is marked by government policies of emissions trading, 'eco-taxes' and the like'
Green Left Weekly, # 698, February, 2007

'In Environmental Principles and Policies, Sharon Beder has carefully dissected the various trends and mechanisms of market-based environmental policy...For anyone who has to negotiate the fog of public environmental policy, it is essential reading: activists, journalists, students - and anyone actually working within the state or corporate bodies that deal with these issues could find an epiphany in its pages, too.'
Green Left Weekly, # 698, February, 2007

'The growth of environmental issues has thrown up a series of concepts over the years. Often these are taken 'as-given' without seemingly any need for a more critical approach. The rise of econometric models of ecology and environment have also grown and have in many cases overtaken, in the popular mind, these more basic and fundamental ideas. However, with EU legislation increasing and a more mature approach to environmental policies there has been a return to some of the earlier key ideas. What is needed therefore is a text to describe and evaluate these in concepts in the context of current debates about the environment - which is where this text starts. This is a very useful reference for the educator. It deals with some of the current issues but blends them with the ideas, well developed in the past, that provide a more equitable distribution of resources. The book is, in effect, a critique of current views but using a framework of the older, more developed principles. As such it provides us with a very good reference and critique of these often-neglected areas.'
Ecological and Environmental Education (British Ecological Society)

'The book is well researched, well written and is highly recommended' Livestock Science

'The book is remarkable...it is written in a clear, non-technical language, and the arguments are systematically structured.'
Luc Hens, Environment and Pollution, 2010.

'A good, practical guide which will be valuable to environmental practitioners and managers.'
AJH, Eagle Bulletin

Sharon Beder, a professional engineer who researches and teaches environmental politics, is professor in the School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication at the University of Wollongong, Australia. She is an award-winning author of several successful books including Suiting Themselves (April 2006), Global Spin, Power Play and Selling the Work Ethic.

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ISBN 13	9781844074044
ISBN 10	1844074048
Title	Environmental Principles and Policies
Author	Sharon Beder
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2006-10-01
Number of pages	312
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