01619pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001900040245009500059260000900154300001400163362000800177520120700185650003001392700002301422773002801445180718b2004   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aFrickel, Scott  aBuilding environmental states: legitimacy and rationalization in sustainability governance  c2004  ap.89-110.  aMar  aThis article explores the potential for nation-states to become substantial contributors to sustainability governance. This potential resides in the ability of nation-states to make environmental protection a basic goal, in part by committing institutional resources toward the formation and implementation of substantive actions perceived necessary for long-term environmental sustainability. Existing research suggests that nation-states undertake environmental action in order to maintain legitimacy in the face of political pressure. While the maintenance of legitimacy is necessary, we argue that a substantive state role in sustainability governance is also dependent upon the rationalization of state environmental roles. Further, rationalization can be fostered through the enrichment of embedded state-societal networks with two key actors in civil society: environmental justice movements and environmental knowledge professionals. This article develops a conceptual framework that grounds sustainability efforts in rationalization processes and examines the synergistic potential for these two social actors to help build states that institute fundamental environmental reform. - Reproduced.  aEnvironmental legislation  aDavidson, Debra J.  aInternational Sociology