Ochrona środowiska kontra rozwój gospodarczy. Teorie środowiskowe i ich wykorzystanie w polityce gospodarczej
Environment Protection vs. Economic Development. Environmental Theories and Their Use in an Economic Policy

Summary/Abstract: The following article shows the problem of environmental pollution in contemporary world as an side-effect of economic development. The main aim of the article is to present two political theories of an environmental protection extend – Green Political Theory and environmentalism and ecological modernization as a possibility of solution for the environmental protection problem in the process of development. Action is complex and guided by the state. The role of context is pointed out, which is proved on the example of USA, Germany, Norway, Great Britain, socialist states, Poland and European Union. Additionally, article analyses the directions of environmental policies – ecocentrism, technocentrism, ecoliberalism and ecocollectivism.

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