Trajectories of green political theory.

This article discusses the change in the reception and adaptation of the ideology of ecologism. It attributes the mainstreaming of the ideology to its promotion by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. It highlights the effect of the trend on the thinking about environmental problems and what to do about them. It also explores a feature of early ecologism that played a role in the ideology than either ecocentrism or limits to growth. In addition, the article relates ecologism to liberal democracy.