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Karen Bakker - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the business of water market Environmentalism in the water sector
Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 2014Co-Authors: Karen BakkerAbstract:This article reviews the literature relevant to market Environmentalism in the water sector, focusing on five themes: the privatization of resource ownership and management, the commercialization of resource management organizations, the environmental valuation and pricing of resources, the marketization of trading and exchange mechanisms, and the liberalization of governance. For each dimension, the discussion addresses a topic of contemporary academic interest (and policy and political relevance): privatization and protest, the contradictions of commercialization, the distinction between environmental valuation and commodification, the multiplication of modes of marketization, and the limits to the liberalization of environmental governance. Specific attention is given to unresolved questions and tensions in the debate over market Environmentalism, particularly the tension between human rights and environmental rights and among state, market, and community roles in water management.
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neoliberalizing nature market Environmentalism in water supply in england and wales
Annals of The Association of American Geographers, 2005Co-Authors: Karen BakkerAbstract:Abstract The 1989 privatization of the water supply sector in England and Wales is a much-cited model of market Environmentalism—the introduction of market institutions to natural resource management as a means of reconciling goals of efficiency and environmental conservation. Yet, more than a decade after privatization, the application of market mechanisms to water supply management is much more limited than had been expected. Drawing on recent geographical research on commodities, this article analyzes the reasons for this retrenchment of the market environmentalist project. I make three related claims: resource commodification is a contested, partial, and transient process; commodification is distinct from privatization; and fresh water is a particularly uncooperative commodity. To illustrate these claims, I explore how water's geography underpinned the failure of commodification initiatives in England and Wales. I focus specifically on contradictions faced by industry regulators, water companies, and ...
Eric R A N Smith - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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nimbyism vs Environmentalism in attitudes toward energy development
Environmental Politics, 2008Co-Authors: Kristy Michaud, Juliet E Carlisle, Eric R A N SmithAbstract:Nimbyism (‘Not in My Backyard’ opinions) and Environmentalism are distinct concepts, but are easily confounded in practice. Do people object to proposed developments because they are environmentalists or because the developments are too close to where they live? This question is addressed using data from two public opinion surveys of Californians regarding their attitudes toward oil drilling. Our surveys allow examination of both Environmentalism and Nimby effects among people who live within view of offshore oil platforms, among people who live in the same region, and among people who live quite far away. We find strong evidence that Environmentalism influences attitudes, but no evidence of nimbyism – despite the fact that many respondents live in an area that is reputed to be a centre of anti-oil, Nimby behaviour. This suggests that nimbyism might be a pattern of political activism, rather than of public opinion.
Nathalie Blanc - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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From ordinary Environmentalism to the public environment: theoretical reflections based on French and European empirical research
Ecology and Society, 2019Co-Authors: Nathalie BlancAbstract:Ecological transformations involve citizen mobilization and the cultural transformation of relationships with the environment. Rather than social movements, we need to see them more as social–environmental communities. They are formed through joint action on the material environment, underpinned by solidarity and conflicts of territoriality in which human collectives associate with living matter and the environment to battle other uses of space. The environment as a collective work then becomes a self-sustaining basis for action that boosts the competence and legitimacy of the actors (citizens, formal and informal collectives, etc.) and their role in social–ecological transition. We thus witness the emergence of a new type of environmental citizenship that deviates from political activism and testifies to a civic engagement in ordinary practices, a collective Environmentalism that calls for public action and democracy. Our hypothesis is that ordinary Environmentalism initiatives contribute to the production of a public environment, i.e., an environment that we may qualify as public insofar as urban citizen Environmentalism contributes to the public space both in terms of debates and in a concrete manner. What we call ordinary Environmentalism factors in environmental practices that have hitherto been considered negligible and emphasizes their usefulness in democratizing the coproduction of everyday and ordinary environments. We need to view the emergence of ordinary Environmentalism in relation to distributions and inequalities in territories from an environmental and physical, as well as from a social, point of view or from the perspective of political commitment.
Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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corporate Environmentalism antecedents and influence of industry type
Journal of Marketing, 2003Co-Authors: Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee, Easwar S Iyer, Rajiv KashyapAbstract:Abstract How does a business firm manage its relationship with the natural environment? What are the factors that influence the choice of such strategies? Does industry type matter? The authors introduce and operationalize the concept of corporate Environmentalism in an effort to answer these questions. Using stakeholder theory, the authors identify four important antecedents to corporate Environmentalism, namely, public concern, regulatory forces, competitive advantage, and top management commitment. The authors then use a political-economic framework to develop testable hypotheses. To test the hypotheses, the authors perform multigroup path analysis on data gathered from more than 240 firms. They find that corporate Environmentalism is related to all hypothesized antecedents and that industry type moderates several of those relationships. In the high environmental impact sector, public concern has the greatest impact on corporate Environmentalism, followed by regulatory forces. In the moderate environme...
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corporate Environmentalism the construct and its measurement
Journal of Business Research, 2002Co-Authors: Subhabrata Bobby BanerjeeAbstract:Abstract This paper examines managerial perceptions of corporate Environmentalism — the process by which firms integrate environmental concerns into their decision making. Based on a review of the literature, the paper defines the concept of corporate Environmentalism. Two themes of corporate Environmentalism are discussed — corporate environmental orientation and environmental strategy focus. Scales to measure these themes are then developed and their psychometric properties tested in a mail survey of managers in 311 firms.
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managerial perceptions of corporate Environmentalism interpretations from industry and strategic implications for organizations
Journal of Management Studies, 2001Co-Authors: Subhabrata Bobby BanerjeeAbstract:Environmental issues are becoming increasingly important in organization theory and practice. Corporate Environmentalism is emerging as a process of addressing environmental issues facing business firms. In this paper I examine managerial perceptions of corporate Environmentalism and describes how key organizational members interpret the relationship between their firm and the biophysical environment. Corporate environmental orientation and environmental strategy focus are two themes of corporate Environmentalism that emerge from the study. I discuss managerial perceptions of regulatory forces, public environmental concern, top management commitment and need for competitive advantage, and how perceptions of these factors might translate into environmental strategies. I conclude by discussing implications of corporate Environmentalism for organizational theory and practice.
Kristy Michaud - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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nimbyism vs Environmentalism in attitudes toward energy development
Environmental Politics, 2008Co-Authors: Kristy Michaud, Juliet E Carlisle, Eric R A N SmithAbstract:Nimbyism (‘Not in My Backyard’ opinions) and Environmentalism are distinct concepts, but are easily confounded in practice. Do people object to proposed developments because they are environmentalists or because the developments are too close to where they live? This question is addressed using data from two public opinion surveys of Californians regarding their attitudes toward oil drilling. Our surveys allow examination of both Environmentalism and Nimby effects among people who live within view of offshore oil platforms, among people who live in the same region, and among people who live quite far away. We find strong evidence that Environmentalism influences attitudes, but no evidence of nimbyism – despite the fact that many respondents live in an area that is reputed to be a centre of anti-oil, Nimby behaviour. This suggests that nimbyism might be a pattern of political activism, rather than of public opinion.