Green Inside Activism for Sustainable Development

This book considers how public sector institutions can be transformed to better support sustainable development by exploring the concept of green inside activism and its importance for institutional change. The phenomenon of inside activism has been shown to be crucial for green policy change and this book focuses on public officials as green inside activists, committed to green values and engaged in social movement, acting strategically from inside public administration to change public policy and institutions in line with such value commitment. The book theorizes how green inside activism can contribute to a more sustainable development through institutional change. This theorizing builds on and relates to highly relevant theoretical arguments in the existing literature. The authors also consider the legitimacy of inside activism and how it can be reconciled with democratic ideals. This innovative work will appeal to students and scholars of public policy, political science and environmental politics.

Explores the neglected phenomenon of inside activism Considers how and to what extent green institutional change can follow from inside activism Examines the different strategies, both combative and adaptive in character, through which inside activists can work for institutional change Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Erik Hysing is Associate Professor of Political Science, Örebro University, Sweden.
Jan Olsson is Professor of Political Science, Örebro University, Sweden.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Green Inside Activism and Institutional Change.- Chapter 2: New Political Institutionalism.- Chapter 3: The Political Nature of Inside Activism.- Chapter 4: Green Inside Activism in Context.- Chapter 5: Mechanisms of Institutional Change.- Chapter 6: Green Institutional Change: A Case Study.- Chapter 7: Legitimacy and Green Inside Activism.- Chapter 8: Conclusions, Future Research and Implications for Practice.