Greening the state, American style

Elizabeth Bomberg

doi:10.4324/9781315761978

Greening the state, American style

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Can the United States transform itself into a green state? This chapter examines the institutional and ideological barriers preventing the transition to low carbon, sustainable polity. Drawing on institutionalist and discourse frameworks, it shows how institutional barriers are today further entrenched by powerful discursive frames that favor anti-state, anti-climate advocates. The chapter then examines how such institutional, ideational and discourse barriers might be overcome to encourage a green state transformation. It argues that any such transformation must come from ‘below’ the state, and must involve a change not just in government policy and practice, but in discourse and citizen engagement.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Rethinking the Green State
Subtitle of host publication	Environmental Governance Towards Climate and Sustainability Transitions
Editors	Karin Bäckstrand, Kronsell Annica
Place of Publication	Abingdon, Oxon
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	7
Pages	122-137
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315761978
ISBN (Print)	9781138792517, 1138792519, 9781138743717
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315761978
Publication status	Published - 23 Jun 2015

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Name	Routledge Studies in Sustainability
Publisher	Routledge

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

ecological modernization
institutionalism
discourse
framing
citizen action

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Rethinking the Green State: Environmental governance towards climate and sustainability transitions on 23/06/2015, available online: https://www.routledge.com/Rethinking-the-Green-State-Environmental-governance-towards-climate-and/Bckstrand-Kronsell/p/book/9781138792517
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Rethinking the Green State: Environmental Governance Towards Climate and Sustainability Transitions . ed. / Karin Bäckstrand; Kronsell Annica. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2015. p. 122-137 (Routledge Studies in Sustainability).

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