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dc.contributor.authorAshford, Nicholas A.
dc.date.accessioned2002-08-14T14:20:01Z
dc.date.available2002-08-14T14:20:01Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1579
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT This article challenges certain tenets of the theories of reflexive law and ecological modernization. While far-sighted prevention-oriented and structural changes are needed, some proponents of these theories argue that the very industries and firms that create environmental problems can, through continuous institutional learning; the application of life cycle analysis; dialogue and networks with stakeholders; and implementation of "environmental management systems," be transformed into sustainable industries and firms. While useful, these reforms are insufficient. It is not marginal or incremental changes that are needed for sustainability, but rather major product, process, and system transformations ? often beyond the capacity of the dominant industries and firms. This article also questions the alleged failure of regulation to stimulate needed technological changes, and identifies the conditions under which innovation for sustainability can occur. Finally, it discusses differences in needed policies for industrialized and developing countriesen
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dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental regulationen
dc.subjectreflexive lawen
dc.subjectecological modernizationen
dc.subjecttechnological innovationen
dc.subjectvoluntary agreementsen
dc.subjectnegotiationen
dc.titleGovernment and Innovation in Environmental Transformations in Europe and North Americaen


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