ES293 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ecological Modernization, Environmental Policy, Green Politics
12 Apr 2014
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Prosaic: dull, unimaginative, everyday, ordinary, environmental concern = negative. Imaginative: creative, resourcefulness, environment provides a positive opportunity. Assumptions about natural relationships: nature is rightfully subordinated to human: problem solving: taking the political-economic status quo as given but in need of adjustment to cope with environmental problems, especially via public policy. Administrative rationalism: it has a strong conception of the government, governing in a way that is in the best interest of the public problem- their and the administrative. Democratic pragmatism: government is treated not as a unitary state, but rather as a multiplicity of decision processes populated by citizens. Key metaphors/rhetorical devices: just as the human mind controls the body the mind controls the state, mixture of concern and reassurance solving. It first subordinates the people to the state, and then puts experts/managers in dominant places in the state"s hierarchy.
