Sustainable Politics and the Crisis of the Peripheries: Ireland and Greece

This volume of the Advances in Ecopolitics series examines the impact of the economic crisis on peripheral European states such as Ireland and Greece. Following an introductory Chapter, it is divided into two geographically focussed sections, the first on Ireland, the second section on Greece specifically the book focuses on governance sustainable politics and environmental politics. Within the context or accelerated growth and the subsequent economic downturn. It examines issues of governance and politics within these peripheral states in addition to the development of policies within an EU/EC context. The bock concludes with a discussion of the future for sustainable politics in the peripheral states of Europe, in the aftermath of the global downturn.

Advances in Ecopolitics is essential reading for all academics, researchers and practioners who are involved in the areas of environmentalism, providing insight and extending understanding of these issues.