Introduction Establishing the research questions and methodological framework

• Published in: Sustainable Development and Governance in Europe pp. 1 - 16
• Main Authors: Barnes, Pamela M., Hoerber, Thomas C.
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Routledge 2013; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Devolved Authorities; Sustainability Discourse; Sustainable Development Discourse; European Emissions Trading System; Informal Governance Structures; Single Dominant Discourse; Sustainable Development; Current Sustainability Discourse; EU's Transport Policy; EURATOM Treaty; Cee State; Non-institutional Stakeholders; Energy Resource; Nuclear Energy Policy; Energy Policy; Treaty 11; European Energy Policy; EU Energy Policy; UK Devolution; EU's Sustainable Development; UK Central Government; UN; Energy Source; EU Environmental Policy
• ISBN: 1138933791; 9780415630078; 041563007X; 9781138933798
• DOI: 10.4324/9780203768730-1

Dryzek, in his analysis of the development of the environmental discourse of the 1950s and 1960s, highlighted the hegemonic position in the political discourse of the concept of 'industrialism'. He characterized industrialism 'in terms of its overarching commitment to growth in the quantity of goods and services and to the material well-being that growth brings' (Dryzek 2005: 13, 2nd edition). As the single dominant discourse of the period, industrialism conditioned not only the agreement of its proponents with the concept's central tenets, but also the development of any opposing viewpoint. The opposing view which Dryzek saw emerging during the 1950s and 1960s was couched in terms of a discourse of sustainability (Dryzek 2005: 22).