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100			_aFrickel, Scott
245			_aBuilding environmental states: legitimacy and rationalization in sustainability governance
260			_c2004
300			_ap.89-110.
362			_aMar
520			_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.
650			_aEnvironmental legislation
700			_aDavidson, Debra J.
773			_aInternational Sociology
909			_a60072
999			_c60072 _d60072