Sociology, environment, and modernity: Ecological modernization as a theory of social change

Spaargaren, Gert; Mol, A.P.J.

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“…Although the WCED report acknowledges that 'growth by itself is not enough ' (WCED 1987, p. 44), it still makes a direct and inseparable connection between growth and issues of poverty alleviation, equity, and income redistribution. Advocates of ecological modernisation, who often present this theory as the operational tool of sustainable development in industrial societies, continue to see economic growth as a central feature for a just and equitable development (Spaargaren and Mol 1992). However, as noted by Arrow et al (1996, p. 14), the link between growth and equity may not be so straightforward, especially in regions where it is needed most, namely where 'the environmental costs of economic activity are borne by the poor, by future generations, or by other countries'.…”

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The five dimensions of sustainability

Seghezzo

2009

Environmental Politics

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Section: Environmental Politicsmentioning

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The five dimensions of sustainability

Seghezzo

2009

Environmental Politics

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“…Whereas, the essential social restructuring includes extra policy and awareness measures towards the creation of more efficient, innovative and self sustained green society. For detailed exploratory research on UET (see Crenshaw and Jenkins, 1996;McGrnahan et al, 1996;Gouldson and Murphy, 1997;Marcotullio and McGranahan, 2012) and for EMT (see Spaargaren and Mol, 1992;Mol and Spaargaren, 2000;Mol et al, 2013 ).…”

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The sheer scale of China’s urban renewal and CO2 emissions: multiple structural breaks, long-run relationship, and short-run dynamics

Ahmed

2016

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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In the light of urban environmental transition (UET) theory, this study explores the relationship between carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, economic growth, urbanization and trade openness using updated Chinese data over the extended period . After confirming that all the underlying series are stationary and adjusted with single structural break point, the results of auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds test approach to cointegration confirms the cointegration between the variables. The long-and short-run dynamics reveal that urbanization reduces the CO 2 emissions both in short-and long-run, but statistically insignificant. These findings contrast with previous literature and sounds the validation of urban environmental transition theory (UET). However, economic growth and trade openness contribute environmental degradation both in long-and short-run paths. The causality analysis reports bidirectional causal link between trade openness and urbanization in the short-run. However, in the long-run, economic growth ranger cause carbon dioxide emissions, urbanization and trade openness. Similarly, trade openness Granger cause carbon dioxide emissions, economic growth and urbanization in the long-run. The overall results imply that rural to urban immigration is still mostly driven by exports related manufacturing sectors. In addition, the higher GDP also contributes to urbanization as a feedback effect. In the end, stability of the model is also checked, model found stable and findings are suitable for environmental policy control use.2

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“…It is for this reason that we attempt in this article to bridge theory and research in the field of organization and environment 1 with developments in environmental sociology. Because the design of environmental policies and the resulting process of internalization of environmental costs by organizations have been characterized as a phenomenon of ecological modernization (Young, 2000;Mol and Sonnenfeld, 2000;Spaargaren and Mol, 1992;Simonis, 1989;Jänicke, 1985), in this paper we provide a basic contextualization of the major environmental strategies and practices developed by modern organizations. We believe this contextualization can help organization theorists to establish a link between the organizational and sociological levels of analysis in regard to environmental issues.…”

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Radical reformism: towards critical ecological modernization

Orsato

Clegg

2005

Sustainable Development

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According to a specialized research area within environmental sociology -ecological modernization theory -the shift towards seeking to protect the environment constitutes a broadly emergent sociological phenomenon: the radicalization of modernity. The understanding of the fundamentals of such phenomenon is, therefore, crucial for both the practice and theorization of organization and environment. This is the main reason why this paper seeks to incorporate ideas from the disciplines of both environmental sociology and organization theory. By delving into the main sources of dynamism that 'produced' modernity the paper argues that a sustainable organizational practice depends on the incorporation of a special type of radicalism into ecological modernization. The paper anchors its main arguments in research conducted in the European automobile industry -a socio-technical context undergoing ecological modernization. The main conclusions of the paper relate to the nature of the reforms required for organizational practices to facilitate sustainable industrial development.

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Sociology, environment, and modernity: Ecological modernization as a theory of social change

Cited by 502 publications

References 8 publications

The five dimensions of sustainability

The five dimensions of sustainability

The sheer scale of China’s urban renewal and CO2 emissions: multiple structural breaks, long-run relationship, and short-run dynamics

Radical reformism: towards critical ecological modernization

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