Structural environmental reform by industries, governments, NGOs, and others is a worldwide phenomenon and the focus of this definitive collection. Includes a selection of the best published works and debates from a quarter-century of scholarship on ecological modernisation, and an agenda for research.

Arthur P.J. Mol is chair and professor in environmental policy in the Environmental Policy Group (ENP) of Wageningen University, the Netherlands. He edited a number of books, and is the author of Globalization and Environmental Reform (2001) and Environmental reform in the Information Age (2008).

David A. Sonnenfeld is Professor and Chair of Environmental Studies at the New York State College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He is co-editor of Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry (2006); and Ecological Modernisation Around the World (2000).

Gert Spaargaren is part-time Professor on 'Environmental Policy for Sustainable Lifestyles and Consumption' at the Environmental Policy Group of Wageningen University, The Netherlands. His publications are in the field of (environmental) sociology, sustainable consumption and behavior, and the globalization of environmental reform. He (co)edited Governing Environmental Flows (2006).

1. Ecological Modernisation: Three Decades of Policy, Practice and Theoretical Reflection Part 1: Foundations of Ecological Modernisation Theory 2. The Origins and Theoretical Foundations of Ecological Modernisation Theory 3. On Ecological and Political Modernisation 4. Ecological Modernisation: Beyond Scarcity and Bureaucracy 5. Sociology, Environment and Modernity. Ecological Modernisation as a Theory of Social Change 6. Ecological Modernisation as Cultural Politics 7. Ecological Modernisation, Ecological Modernities 8. Ecological Modernisation as Social Theory Part 2: Transformations in Environmental Governance and Participation 9. Transformations in Environmental Governance and Participation 10. New Approaches to Environmental Governance 11. Environment and Participation in a Context of Political Modernisation 12. Democratic Ethics and Ecological Modernisation: The Formulation of California's Automobile Emission Standards 13. Ecological Modernisation, Risk Society, and the Green State Part 3: Greening Life-Cycles and Life-Styles 14. Greening Lifecycles and Lifestyles: Sociotechnical Innovations in Consumption and Production as Core Concerns of Ecological Modernisation Theory 15. Environmental Policy and Industrial Innovation: Integrating Environment and Economy Through Ecological Modernisation 16. Ecological Modernization of Industrial Systems 17. Sustainable Consumption: A Theoretical and Environmental Policy Perspective 18. Upstreaming Environmental Action Part 4: Environmental Reform in Asian and Other Emerging Economies 19. Ecological Modernisation in Asian and other Emerging Economies 20. Contradictions of Ecological Modernisation: Pulp and Paper Manufacturing in Southeast Asia 21. Why Ecological Modernisation and Sustainable Development should not be Conflated 22. Integrating Environmental and Economic Policy making in China and Taiwan 23. Environmental Management for Industrial Zones in Vietnam 24. Environment and Modernity in Transitional China: Frontiers of Ecological Modernisation 25. Shifts within Ecological Modernisation in South Africa: Deliberation, Innovation and Institutional Opportunities Conclusion 26. Ecological Modernisation: Assessment, Critical Debates and Future Directions