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Grundmann's interest in the role of expertise in modern society is influenced by frameworks such as [[Post-normal science]] and [[Roger Pielke Jr.]]'s Honest broker. Both are in line with basic works in the sociology of science and technology doubting a direct influence of "certain knowledge" or "settled science" on political decision making, which is being discussed as the ''linear model of science policy interaction''.<ref name=":8">von Storch, H., Meinke, I., Stehr, N., Ratter, B., Krauß, W., Pielke, R., Grundmann, R., Reckermann, M., & Weisse, R. (2011): [http://www.hzg.de/imperia/md/content/klimabuero/publikationen/zfu_1-2011_1-15.pdf  Regional Climate Services illustrated with experiences from Northern Europe.] Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik und Umweltrecht, 34(1), 1-15.
</ref> His work challenges widespread believes in global success or failure of environmental policy as result of scientific consensus, or as an outcome of corporate power.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal|title = Book Review Essay: Science, Politics and International Environmental Policy|url = httphttps://dx.doi.org/10.1162/152638002320310554|journal = Global Environmental Politics|date = August 1, 2002|access-date = 2015-05-09|issn = 1526-3800|pages = 118–123|volume = 2|issue = 3|doi = 10.1162/152638002320310554|first = Judith A.|last = Layzer}}</ref> In contrast, he shows the relevance of transnational [[Business networking|policy networks.]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title = Walter Rösch: Review of Reiner Grundmann: Transnationale Umweltpolitik zum Schutz der Ozonschicht. Frankfurt a. M./New York: 1999, in: Portal für Politikwissenschaft (political science portal), http://pw-portal.de/rezension/9996-transnationale-umweltpolitik-zum-schutz-der-ozonschicht_11820, published on 01.01.2006.|url = http://www.pw-portal.de/rezension/9996-transnationale-umweltpolitik-zum-schutz-der-ozonschicht_11820|website = www.pw-portal.de|accessdate = 2015-05-09}}</ref>
== Social theory ==
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</ref> and his introduction into the topic has been quoted as late as 2010 by leading Chinese Scholars as being ''wonderful.''<ref name=":2">{{citation | last = Han | first = Lixin | contribution = ‘Realisation of Purpose’ and ‘Domination of Nature’ | editor-last = Huan | editor-first = Qingzhi | title = Eco-socialism as politics: rebuilding the basis of our modern civilisation | publisher = [[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] | location = Dordrecht New York | year = 2010 | isbn = 9789048137442 | ref = harv | postscript = .}}
* ''Online as'': {{Cite journal | last = Han | first = Lixin | title = Marxism and ecology: Marx’s theory of labour process revisited | journal = Eco-socialism as politics: rebuilding the basis of our modern civilisation (book) | pages = 15–31 | publisher = [[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] | doi = 10.1007/978-90-481-3745-9_2 | date = 2010 | url = httphttps://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3745-9_2 | ref = harv | postscript = .}}</ref> Grundmann avoided depicting the domination as being a precondition of destruction, but allowed for interpretations as mastery or stewardship.<ref name=":2" /> Grundmann' defence of ‘mastery over nature' as a metaphor in ''ecologically informed socialism'' was however not in line with [[Ted Benton]]'s interpretation of the domination term used by Marx. Benton was positive about Grundmann cutting through ''a lot of sloppy thinking in the ‘ecocentric’ camp.'' <ref name=":1" /> He furthermore acknowledged that Grundmanns interpretation of Marx view of our relation to nature is insofar specific compared to e.g. Francis Bacon and Nietzsche, since in Marx’s view that ‘man should make an impact on the world’. Such mastery, according to Grundmann, would be better interpreted as in mastering a musical instrument.<ref name=":1" /> Grundmann concluded "that the pursuit of productivity and the development of a healthy environment need not be mutually exclusive," arguing that only specific technologies, not technology as such, lead to environmental degradation.<ref>[http://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/24716 Entry of the doctorate at Cadmus] Reiner Grundmann: Marxism and Ecology
Oxford, Clarendon Press/New York, Oxford University Press, 1991, Marxist introductions
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Infrastruktur : über Schienen, Straßen, Sand und Perlen. Berlin, 1993 (Schriftenreihe der Forschungsgruppe "Große
technische Systeme" des Forschungsschwerpunkts Technik - Arbeit - Umwelt am Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für
Sozialforschung 93-501). URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-30922</ref> In the mid 1990s he spent three years at the [[Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies]] in [[Cologne]] where he studied the efforts to protect the [[ozone layer]] (see as well [[ozone depletion and global warming]]). ''Transnational environmental policy - reconstructing Ozone'' was published in German in 1999 and in 2001 in English. It challenged widespread historical accounts which tend to explain the policies either as a result of scientific consensus, or as an outcome of corporate power.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal|title = Book Review Essay: Science, Politics and International Environmental Policy|url = httphttps://dx.doi.org/10.1162/152638002320310554|journal = Global Environmental Politics|date = August 1, 2002|access-date = 2015-05-09|issn = 1526-3800|pages = 118–123|volume = 2|issue = 3|doi = 10.1162/152638002320310554|first = Judith A.|last = Layzer}}</ref> In contrast, it shows the relevance of transnational [[Business networking|policy networks.]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title = Walter Rösch: Review of Reiner Grundmann: Transnationale Umweltpolitik zum Schutz der Ozonschicht. Frankfurt a. M./New York: 1999, in: Portal für Politikwissenschaft (political science portal), http://pw-portal.de/rezension/9996-transnationale-umweltpolitik-zum-schutz-der-ozonschicht_11820, published on 01.01.2006.|url = http://www.pw-portal.de/rezension/9996-transnationale-umweltpolitik-zum-schutz-der-ozonschicht_11820|website = www.pw-portal.de|accessdate = 2015-05-09}}</ref> The successful [[Montreal Protocol]] is often taken as an exemplar case which serves as the model for an (so far elusive) climate treaty. Grundmann claims that several problematic lessons have been drawn from this case.<ref>(2005) Ozone and Climate: Scientific consensus and leadership, Science, Technology, and Human Values 31(1): 73-101 [http://sth.sagepub.com/content/31/1/73.abstract].</ref> The book entry quotes [[Jim Lovelock]] stating ''This readable book is the best treatment of the subject published so far'' and [[Frank Sherwood Rowland|F.Sherwood Rowland]] with ''Stimulating and thought-provoking.'' <ref>Grundmann, Reiner:Transnational environmental policy: reconstructing ozone Routledge studies in science, technology, and society, {{ISBN|0-415-22423-3}}, http://samples.sainsburysebooks.co.uk/9781134592241_sample_543801.pdf Page ii</ref>
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