1. Introduction: The Idea of Environmental Politics.- 2. The Emergence of the Environment as a Political Issue.- 3. The Political Economy of Environmentalism.- 4. Environmental Ethics.- 5. Animal Ethics.- 6. The State and the Environment.- 7. Environmentalism and Democracy.- 8. The Environment and the Idea of Global Justice.- 9. The Environment and Political Ideologies.- 10. Conclusion: The Idea of a Sustainable Future and How to Achieve It
Robert Garner is Professor of Politics at the University of Leicester, UK. He has published numerous book and journal articles on the politics and philosophy of animal rights. His most recent books are two edited collections ‘The Political Turn in Animal Ethics’ (Rowman and Littlefield: 2016) and ‘The Ethics of Killing Animals (Oxford University Press; 2015). He is currently engaged on a Leverhulme-funded project on the intellectual history of animal rights.