The Environment and the European Public Sphere Perceptions, Actions, Policies

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: The White Horse Press 15.09.2020
• Subjects: Conservation of the environment; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; Environmental Conservation & Protection; Environmental Science; Europe; European history; History; History and Archaeology; Interdisciplinary studies; Nature; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Regional / International studies; Regional Studies; Social Science; Sociology; The environment
• ISBN: 9781912186143; 1912186144; 9781912186198; 1912186195
• DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv289dvb9

Since the 1970s, environmental issues have become a major concern for European citizens and thus for European politicians. In the same time frame the political sphere in Europe, and in particular within the European Union, has also been undergoing major transformations. Dealing with environmental is...

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• Front Matter Table of Contents CONTRIBUTOR BIOGRAPHIES LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Editors’ Introduction CHAPTER 1.: THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LANDSCAPES: CHAPTER 2.: THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF THE EUROPEAN CULTURE OF CATASTROPHES CHAPTER 3.: EUROPE AND CHERNOBYL: CHAPTER 4.: THE WESTERN EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPHERE AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN EASTERN EUROPE DURING THE COLD WAR: CHAPTER 5.: THE IMPACT OF EAST GERMAN NATURE CONSERVATIONISTS ON THE EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY CHAPTER 6.: WETLANDS OF PROTEST. CHAPTER 7.: TOWARDS A ‘EUROPE OF STRUGGLES’? CHAPTER 8.: ENTERING THE EUROPEAN POLITICAL ARENA, ADAPTING TO EUROPE: CHAPTER 9.: THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN PARTIES IN EUROPE: CHAPTER 10.: WILL EUROPE EVER BECOME ‘GREEN’? CHAPTER 11.: A TOUCH OF GREEN AMID THE GREY. CHAPTER 12.: ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, UNITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE FROM THE 1970s TO THE 1990s CHAPTER 13.: RESPONDING TO THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC? CHAPTER 14.: THE MAJOR STAGES IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CHAPTER 15.: MULTI-LEVEL LEARNING: CHAPTER 16.: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE FRENCH AND GERMAN ENERGY SYSTEMS FROM 1973 TO THE 2000s CHAPTER 17.: TRAJECTORIES OF EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE SINCE THE 1970s INDEX Back Matter