Environmental Organisations in New Forms of Political Participation: Ecological Modernisation and the Making of Voluntary Rules
Author(s)
Bostrom, Magnus
Abstract
Environmental organizations have been active since the early 1960s in putting environmental issues on the political agenda and in strengthening the environmental consciousness of the public. The struggle has been successful in the sense that there is now a strong demand for practical solutions among all kinds of actors. It is, however, difficult for states and political actors to manage environmental problems by traditional forms and instruments, due to the complex character of the problems. Therefore, environmental organizations take their own initiatives to participate in policy-making.
