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The Politics of Air Pollution: Urban Growth, Ecological Modernization, and Symbolic Inclusion

The Politics of Air Pollution: Urban Growth, Ecological Modernization, and Symbolic Inclusion

Paperback

Series: Suny Global Environmental Policy

Environmental StudiesGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0791463362
ISBN13: 9780791463369
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jan 1 2006
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.41 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Argues that clean air policy is driven by locally oriented economic elites.

Who has been at the political forefront of clean air policy development in the United States? In The Politics of Air Pollution, George A. Gonzalez argues that the answer is neither the federal government, nor environmental groups, but rather locally oriented economic elites in conjunction with state and local governments. These local growth coalitions, composed of mostly large landholders, land developers, and the owners of regional media and utility firms, support clean air policies insofar as they contribute to the creation of a positive investment climate and, in turn, bring about greater profits through increased land values and an expanded local consumer base.

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