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- Publisher
- Wiley
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2010 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
- ISSN
- 1364-985X
- eISSN
- 1467-8489
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2009.00454.x
- Publisher site
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Abstract
Politics and the Environment: Risk and the Role of Government and Industry , by Michael Howes . Published by Allen and Unwin , Crows Nest, Australia , 2005 , pp . xxxiv + 218 , ISBN 9781741142167 ( pbk), $39.95 Michael Howes’ book on Politics and the Environment is clear, accessible and has something of interest for wide range of audiences. For those new to the field of environmental management – including students – it provides well‐written and well‐referenced summaries of major environmental issues and players over the past 30 years. For those interested in how social choices are made under uncertainty, it provides a detailed case study using the example of environmental risk. For environmental managers and economists, the book is probably most interesting because it views their work through the lens of social theory, providing a conceptual framework for understanding the conflicts and opposition that they often encounter. Acknowledging that environmental risk is an impossibly broad topic for one book, Howes restricts his attention to environmental risks generated by industry, as opposed to those generated by individuals as householders or consumers. Howes’ focus on the role of industry rather than on individuals is tightly linked to
Journal
The Australian Journal of Agricultural Resource Economics – Wiley
Published: Jan 1, 2010