The second generation of ecological economics: How far has the apple fallen from the tree?
Résumé
This paper examines the discourse produced in the academic journal Ecological Economics from its
inception in 1989, and compares this discourse with that of the field of environmental economics. I
used methods for discourse analysis (Alceste and Iramuteq) on 6,308 abstracts of papers published
in four journals – namely Ecological Economics, the Journal of Environmental Economics and
Management, Environmental Values, and Environmental and Resource Economics, published
between 1989 and 2013. The results suggest that the discourse of ecological economics and
environmental economics have grown closer over time. The semantic classification of co-occurrent
terms used in Ecological Economics indicates increasing significance of the notions of ecosystem
services and of monetary valuation. I argue that this trend is parallel to Costanza’s career-path,
which suggests the rise of a tacit recognition of the New Environmental Pragmatic scientific
approach. I conclude with some of the implications for EE of promoting this kind of discourse to
such an extent.
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