Dilemmas of Transition: The Environment, Democracy and Economic Reform in East C

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This volume explores the impact of democratization and marketization on the environment in East Central Europe.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

This volume explores the impact of the twin process of democratisation and marketisation on the environment in East Central Europe. Three environmental matters are investigated: how the twin processes of change have effected (1) the physical environment (2) the expression of environmental interest and (3) the effectiveness of environmental management policies. The book also examines the role of the European Union because of the influence it exercises on environmental policy in East Central Europe. The book finds that political and economic instability and external pressures have displaced environmental considerations from central stage. This has meant a failure within East Central Europe to realise a more far-reaching and more sustainable approach towards the management of transition.

Back Cover

This volume explores the impact of democratization and marketization on the environment in East Central Europe. The essays investigate: how the twin processes of change affect the physical environment; the expression of environmental interest; and environmental management policies.

Author Biography

Susan Baker, Petr Jehli?ka

Table of Contents

Dilemmas of transition - the environment, democracy and economic reform in East Central Europe - an introduction, Susan Baker, Petr Jehlicka. Part 1 Environmental policy and the transition process in Central and Eastern Europe: geopolitics and the environment in Eastern Europe, Michael Waller; financing environmental policy in East Central Europe, Ans Kolk, Ewout van de Weij; environmental movement and social change in the transition countries, Barbara Jancar-Webster. Part 2 Country studies: Hungary - political transformation and environmental challenge, Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr.; Kenneth Hanf; sustainable development in the Czech Republic - a doomed process? Adam Fagin, Petr Jehlicka; rejecting green velvet - transition, environment and nationalism in Slovakia, Jurj Podoba; environmental policy in Poland, Frances Millard; environmental action during Romania's early transition years, Simina Dragomirescu et al; Bulgaria - managing the environment in an unstable transition, Susan Baker, Bernd Baumgartl.

Review

'An excellent general survey of environmental politics and policy in post-communist East Central Europe(ECE) to 1997.' - Environmental Politics

Long Description

Civil society is one of the most talked about, but difficult concepts to define. Yet it has captured the imagination of intellectuals and political activists alike. In the post-cold war era there has been a tremendous optimism about the re-emergence of civil society in many countries. However, the promises of change have not always borne fruit. This volume examines the idea of civil society in its historical and contemporary dimensions. As a collection, it provides a clear, comprehensive and critical mapping of the idea, the burden of expectation that it has carried, and the intellectual and political dimensions that surround it. The major themes covered include the concept of civil society itself, its relation to the state on the one hand and political economy on the other, and the violence of civil society as well as the possibilities it provides for resistance to injustice.

Details ISBN0714643106 Short Title DILEMMAS OF TRANSITION Language English ISBN-10 0714643106 ISBN-13 9780714643106 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1998 Publication Date 1998-09-30 Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Susan C. Baker Author Petr Jehlicka Edition 1st Place of Publication London Illustrations black & white illustrations Birth 1942 Subtitle The Environment, Democracy and Economic Reform in East Central Europe DOI 10.1604/9780714643106 UK Release Date 1998-09-30 AU Release Date 1998-09-30 NZ Release Date 1998-09-30 Imprint Routledge Pages 224 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Alternative 9780714647647 DEWEY 363.700943 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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