Towards a theory of environment and sustainability
Although much of my work focuses on specific topics and issues I also work on environment and sustainability at a more theoretical level. In the 1990s and 2000s this interest led to a series of articles on ecological modernisation theory. Over the years, however, I became less enthusiastic about this approach, which tends to overstate progress and downplay conflict and injustice. Today I think we need more critical analytical frameworks and I am currently working on a novel approach which builds on new imperialisms research to explain the problems we face and how we might overcome them. This draws together and extends all the themes described above.
Gouldson, A. and Murphy, J. (1997) Ecological modernisation: restructuring industrial economies, Political Quarterly, Vol. 68, No. 5, pp. 74-86.
Murphy, J. (2000) Ecological modernisation, Geoforum, Vol. 31, No 3. pp. 1-8.
Murphy, J. and Gouldson, A. (2000) Environmental policy and industrial innovation: integrating environment and economy through ecological modernisation, Geoforum, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 33-44.
Murphy, J. (2001) Ecological modernisation: the environment and the transformation of society, OCEES Research Paper, No. 20, Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics and Society, Mansfield College, University of Oxford.
Gouldson, A. and Murphy, J. (1997) Ecological modernisation: restructuring industrial economies, Political Quarterly, Vol. 68, No. 5, pp. 74-86.
Murphy, J. (2000) Ecological modernisation, Geoforum, Vol. 31, No 3. pp. 1-8.
Murphy, J. and Gouldson, A. (2000) Environmental policy and industrial innovation: integrating environment and economy through ecological modernisation, Geoforum, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 33-44.
Murphy, J. (2001) Ecological modernisation: the environment and the transformation of society, OCEES Research Paper, No. 20, Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics and Society, Mansfield College, University of Oxford.