Symbolic Environmental Legislation and Societal Self-Deception

Publikation: Beiträge in ZeitschriftenZeitschriftenaufsätzeForschungbegutachtet

Authors

The primarily symbolic quality of many environmental laws is widely held responsible for the fact that despite all eco-political achievements many major environmental problems still remain unresolved. This contribution works towards a clear conceptual distinction between symbolic and non-symbolic environmental legislation; it investigates different levels of effectiveness of symbolic legislation, tries to establish a series of external factors which are conducive to the production of primarily symbolic laws, and argues that such legislation must not simply be understood as wilfully deceiving the citizenry, but can also be read as reflecting a certain readiness of citizens to let them be deceived. Thus, the incidence of symbolic legislation may point towards practices of societal self-deception. The German Summer Smog Act 1995 and the Ordinance on Large Combustion Plants 1983 are analysed and compared as paradigmatic examples of symbolic and non-symbolic environmental legislation and as empirical cases for the study of the questions that have just been outlined.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftEnvironmental Politics
Jahrgang16
Ausgabenummer2
Seiten (von - bis)276-296
Anzahl der Seiten21
ISSN0964-4016
DOIs
PublikationsstatusErschienen - 01.04.2007
Extern publiziertJa

DOI

Zuletzt angesehen

Publikationen

  1. Das Fremde und das Andere
  2. Regulatory financial obligations for promoting local acceptance of renewable energy projects
  3. Goldhagen-Debatte
  4. Motivational and Emotional Orientation, Engagement, and Achievement in Mathematics
  5. Microstructures and mechanical properties of a hot-extruded Mg−8Gd−3Yb−1.2Zn−0.5Zr (wt%) alloy
  6. Together or apart?
  7. Prospective material flow analysis of the end-of-life decommissioning
  8. Determinants of the selection of sustainability assurance providers and consequences for firm value
  9. Therapeutic drug monitoring of posaconazole in hematology patients: experience with a new high-performance liquid chromatography-based method
  10. Prekär wählen, Protest leben! Ein Aufruf zur Neuverkettung
  11. Discussion Of Lot Sizing Approaches And Their Influence On Economic Production
  12. ’I know you you can’t see it, but you can imagine it.'
  13. EARL
  14. Career engagement
  15. Compressive deformation of as-extruded LPSO-containing Mg alloys at different temperatures
  16. Thermal Analysis and Cooling Strategies of High-Efficiency Three-Phase Squirrel-Cage Induction Motors—A Review
  17. Nachwort
  18. Cancan
  19. Effect of an internet- and app-based stress intervention compared to online psychoeducation in university students with depressive symptoms
  20. HyperKult II
  21. The Role of Citizen Participation in Developing a New Energetically Efficient Quarter – Limitations and Success Factors
  22. Measures of microgenetic changes in emotion regulation strategies across life transitions
  23. (Un)Mind the gap
  24. Anmerkung zu BGH, Beschluss v. 20.05.2015 - 4 StR 555/14
  25. Learning from Co-Founders of Grassroots Initiatives
  26. Gute Universitätstraditionen zeitgemäss interpretiert
  27. Future and organization studies
  28. Transindividuality