The Politics of nature : explorations in green political theory / edited by Andrew Dobson and Paul Lucardie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dobson, Andrew.

Lucardie, Paul, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Green movement.

Environmentalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A balanced and comprehensive survey of current green political ideas - their varying responses to fundamental problems in political theory and their relationships with other ideological traditions.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; Introduction; THE IDEA OF NATURE AND THE NATURE OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE; WHY WOULD EGOCENTRISTS BECOME ECOCENTRISTS? ON INDIVIDUALISM AND HOLISM IN GREEN POLITICAL THEORY; TOWARDS A GREEN POLITICAL THEORY; GREEN DEMOCRACY?; CAN LIBERAL DEMOCRACY SURVIVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS? SUSTAINABILITY, LIBERAL NEUTRALITY AND OVERLAPPING CONSENSUS; TO DE-INDUSTRIALIZE; IS IT SO IRRATIONAL?; ECONOMIC THEORIES AND THE NECESSARY INTEGRATION OF ECOLOGICAL INSIGHTS; ECOLOGICAL VERSUS SOCIAL RATIONALITY: CAN THERE BE GREEN SOCIAL POLICIES?

ANIMAL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL RELATIONS ECOFEMINISM AND THE POLITICS OF THE GENDERED SELF; CRITICAL THEORY AND GREEN POLITICS; GREEN BELIEFS AND RELIGION; Afterword; Name index; Subject index;

Notes:

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-80300-1

1-138-15926-3

1-134-80301-X

1-280-32095-8

9786610320950

0-203-43245-2

9780203432457

OCLC:

171117279