The Politics of Air Pollution: Urban Growth, Ecological Modernization, and Symbolic Inclusion

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Argues that clean air policy is driven by locally oriented economic elites.

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Acknowledgments	vii
ONE Local Growth Coalitions, Environmental Groups, and Air Pollution	1	(18)
TWO Political Economy and the Policymaking Process	19	(16)
THREE The Politics of Air Pollution during the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: The Failure of Technology	35	(16)
FOUR Real Estate and the Rise of the Automobile	51	(18)
FIVE The Establishment of Automobile Emission Standards	69	(20)
SIX Democratic Ethics, Environmental Groups, and Symbolic Inclusion	89	(14)
Conclusion: Political Power and Global Warming	103	(6)
Notes	109	(8)
Bibliography	117	(24)
Index	141