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

Mol, Arthur P. J.

 
9780521888127: Environmental Reform in the Information Age: The Contours of Informational Governance
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521888123 ISBN 13: 9780521888127
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

As the information revolution continues to accelerate, the environment remains high on public and political agendas around the world. These two topics are rarely connected, but information - its collection, processing, accessibility and verification - is crucial in dealing with environmental challenges such as climate change, unsustainable consumption, biodiversity conservation and waste management. The information society (encompassing entities such as the internet, satellites, interactive television and surveillance cameras) changes the conditions and resources which are involved in environmental governance: old modes and concepts are increasingly being replaced by new, informational ones. Arthur P. J. Mol explores how the information revolution is changing the way we deal with environmental issues; to what extent and where these transformations have (and have not) taken place; and what the consequences are for democracy and power relations. This book will appeal to scholars and students of environmental studies and politics, political sociology, geography and communications studies.

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Book Description

How have global changes in information technology and communications affected environmental policy and governance? Arthur Mol shows how the information revolution brings about new forms of environmental governance and examines the resulting successes and problems.

About the Author

Arthur P. J. Mol is Chair and Professor in Environmental Policy in the Department of Social Sciences at Wageningen University. He is the author of Globalization and Environmental Reform: The Ecological Modernization of the Global Economy (2001) and The Refinement of Production: Ecological Modernization Theory and the Chemical Industry (1995).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521888123
ISBN 13 
9780521888127
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
354

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