Putting the Ecological Modernisation Thesis to the Test: The Promises and Performances of Urban Recycling

Pellow et al challenge one of the core hypotheses of ecological modernization theory: that the design, performance, and evaluation of processes of production are increasingly based on ecological criteria, in addition to economic criteria. They use the example of post-consumer waste recycling in the...

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Published inEnvironmental politics Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 109 - 137
Main Authors Pellow, David N, Schnaiberg, Allan, Weinberg, Adam S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Frank Cass 01.04.2000
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
ALL OR MOST INDUSTRY
Chicago, Illinois
Decision making
ECOLOGY
Economic analysis
Economics
ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Movements
Environmentalism
Human Ecology
Labor Process
Modernization
Politics
Production
Recycling
Social Processes
Social Theories
Social theory
Theoretical Problems
Theory
United States of America
Urban Affairs
Urban areas
URBAN, IN ANY CONTEXT
Waste management
United States
US
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Summary:Pellow et al challenge one of the core hypotheses of ecological modernization theory: that the design, performance, and evaluation of processes of production are increasingly based on ecological criteria, in addition to economic criteria. They use the example of post-consumer waste recycling in the US.
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ISSN:0964-4016
1743-8934
DOI:10.1080/09644010008414514