Environmental Reform in the Information Age - The Contours of Informational Governance

Klappentext This book examines how the information revolution has affected environmental policy and governance. Zusammenfassung How have global changes in information technology and communications affected environmental policy and governance? Arthur P. J. Mol shows how the information revolution brings about new forms of environmental governance and examines the resulting successes and problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: new frontiers of environmental governance; Part I. Theory: 2. From information society to information age; 3. Social theories of environmental reform; 4. Informational governance; Part II. Praxis: 5. Monitoring, surveillance and empowerment; 6. Environmental state and information politics; 7. Greening the networked economy; 8. Environmental activism and advocacy; 9. Media monopolies, digital democracy, cultural clashes; 10. Information-poor environments: Asian tigers; Part III. Conclusion: 11. Balancing informational perspectives.

Product details

• Authors: A. P. J. Mol, Arthur P. J. Mol
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521182652
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18265-2
• No. of pages: 354
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Environmental Economics, Comparative Politics, Politics and government