Environmental Politics in Southeastern Europe
Environmental Politics in Southeastern Europe
Author(s): Wim van Meurs, Liesbeth Van de GriftSubject(s): Environmental and Energy policy, Environmental interactions, Editorial
Published by: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Summary/Abstract: In Western Europe and North America today, environmental problems are among the most pressing items on the political and public agenda. Despite all the woeful tidings, much has been achieved over the past forty years in the effort to ‘save the planet’, make economic growth sustainable and halt the depletion of natural energy resources and the decline in biodiversity. Essential to these changes have been states with the resources and administrative capacity to design and implement the necessary policies, and an electorate ready to accept, if not quite demand, the prioritization of environmental issues.
Journal: Südosteuropa. Zeitschrift für Politik und Gesellschaft
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 365-371
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English