This study links two major themes in European Social Science in the 1990s: the transition of Eastern Europe and the question of sustainable development. Are environmental difficulties in this time and place just a component of European transitional difficulties generally? Or, conversely, are European transitional difficulties themselves a product of environmental problems?
<p class=copymedium>This work analyses both views with an interdisciplinary approach and argues that sustainable development takes on a specific meaning in the context of transition.
<p class=copymedium><b>Transition and Sustainability</b> documents the history of environmental policy in Bulgaria based on both western and eastern sources, identifying the relevant actors for the Eastern European environment and their interests. While recognising the dominance of non-environmental issues like the emergence of parties, privatisation or restitution of property, and economic restraints on Europe during post-Communist transition, the text proposes that concrete policy recommendations may result in sustainable development for transitioning economies.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zuidpoolsingel
Niederlande
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Research
Illustrationen
Maße
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-90-411-0681-0 (9789041106810)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
<ol class=copymedium>Foreword; S. Strange. Introduction; E. Minchev. I: The Environment and Eastern Europe. 1. Difficulties in Transition and Development. 2. Environmental Policy--Plurilateral Explanations Necessary. 3. Four Sets of Environmental Actors. 4. Issues in Environmental Policy. 5. Environment and Development: Lessons from Eastern Europe. II: Two Key Concepts: `Transition' and `Sustainable Development'. 1. Transition. 2. Sustainable Development. 3. Sustainable Development in Eastern Europe. III: Environmental Movement sin Bulgaria. 1. Communism and the Environment. 2. Opposition Against Communism. 3. The Role of Environmental Protest in the Bulgarian Transition. 4. Explaining a Movement's Emergence: East and West. 5. Prospects for the Bulgarian Greens. IV: Domestic Constraints and the Post-Communist Enthusiasm. 1. Salient Features. 2. Environmental Situation. 3. Political and Economic Constraints. 4. Criticism of IAS Study. 5. Bulgaria and the European Union. V: The International Community. 1. Environmentalism as a Determinant of East-West Relations. 2. Western East Policy and its Regimes: Changing External Structures. 3. Eastern Response and Internal Change. 4. Integration and Dependence: Policy Implications. VI: The Role of Firms. 1. The Potential Impact of Firms on Environmental Awareness. 2. Two Examples of Key Areas for Future Development. VII: Conclusions and Recommendations. 1. New Policy Instruments. 2. Power Distribution and Interest Constellation Amongst Environmental Actors. 3. Policy Recommendations and Outlook. Annex. Bibliography. Index.</ol>
