Maatschappelijke processen zoals globalisering en ICT zorgen voor een verschuiving van
het beleidsproces, van 'government' naar 'governance' . Er is steeds meer sprake van bestuur …

Solar geoengineering is gaining prominence in climate change debates as an issue worth
studying; for some it is even a potential future policy option. We argue here against this …

The role of the media has become a central part of politics and policy in the twenty-first
century. That dominance has led many to suggest a trend of'dumbing down': the privileging of …

Dr Hajer's path-breaking study opens the way for a better understanding of the environmental
conflict, showing how language can be seen to shape our view of what environmental …

In the late 1980s, I studied developments in environmental politics, a field that I had, untiil
then, not examined in any detail. Given my background studying social movements and …

What kind of policy analysis is required now that governments increasingly encounter the
limits of governing? Exploring the contexts of politics and policy making, this 2003 book …

The attitude of the British government in the acid rain controversy has earned Britain the label
of “the dirty man of Europe.”1 In the face of an international moral outcry Britain has been …

This article aims to shed light on the performative dimension of participation in policy making.
It is argued that we can enhance our understanding of the dynamics of policy deliberation …

This chapter investigates some similar dynamics in contemporary environmental politics. It
argues that environmental politics is now dominated by a discourse that might be labelled …

The environmental politics of sustainable development has reached an impasse, despite
the optimism that attended the'Earth Summit'held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Notwithstanding …