The politics of environmental policy in Russia

The authors, renowned experts in the field, explore efforts to develop a mature civil society in Russia, and analyse the policy views of environmental groups, the media, and the scientific community. Three important case studies underpin the study: suspended plans to build an oil pipeline near Lake...

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Main Author: Feldman, David Lewis.
Corporate Author: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Other Authors: Blokov, Ivan.
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd., 2012.
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Online Access:https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9780857938503.xml
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Civil society, environment and Russian politics post-1991
  • 2. Russia's environmental challenges and their management
  • 3. Environmental civil society through Russian eyes : stakeholder views
  • 4. Case studies and their insights into civil society growth : Lake Baikal, Chelyabinsk and genetically modified food
  • 5. Interpreting civil society : challenges, change and environmental significance
  • 6. Conclusions : the bad, the good and the uncertain.