The state and the global ecological crisis/ edited by John Barry and Robyn Eckersley.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-297) and index.

From welfare state to ecostate / James Meadowcroft -- Out of chaos, a shining star? Toward a typology of green states / Peter Christoff -- Modernizing the British state: ecological contradictions in new labour's economic strategy / Matthew Paterson and John Barry -- Green political strategy and the state: combining political theory and comparative history / Christian Hunold and John Dryzek -- Environmental and ecological justice: theory and practice in the United States / David Schlosberg -- Penitent destroyer? The Philippine state in pursuit of environmental justice / Raymond Bryant and Karen Lawrence -- Greening the constitutional state: environmental rights in the European Union / Tim Hayward -- Greening the nation-state: from exclusive to inclusive sovereignty / Robyn Eckersley -- Old states in new bottles? The hybridization of authority in global environmental governance / Ken Conca -- The republican state: an alternative foundation for global environmental governance / Steven Slaughter -- In defense of international environmental cooperation / John Vogler -- W(h)ither the green state? / John Barry and Robyn Eckersley.