The environment : between theory and practice / Avner de-Shalit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De-Shalit, Avner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy.

Environmental protection.

Environmentalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book fills the gap between environmental philosophy and everyday environmental politics. The author puts forward a radical political theory of environmental protection, which binds together being environmentally friendly with community, deliberative democracy, and socialism. He argues that attempts to find 'independent' values in nature can be at odds with the contemporary political debates surrounding environmental politics. In the second half of the book, the author examines the environmental scope of several key political ideologies: liberalism, communitarianism, participatory democracy, and socialism.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Figures

Introduction

Part I: Why Hasn't Environmental Philosophy Had an Impact on Policies?

1. The Social Role of the Philosopher and the Philosophical Role of Society

2. Where Philosophy Meets Politics: The Concept of the Environment

Part II: Protecting the Environment: From Meta-ethics to Political Theory

3. Is Liberalism Environment-Friendly?

4. The Community of Nature and the Nature of Community

5. Democracy and the Environment: A Radical Theory of Participation

6. Socialism and the Environment

Summary: From Theory to Practice

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-924038-8

1-281-98973-8

9786611989736

0-19-152294-5

OCLC:

317305507