Green Political Thought

ISBN-13: 9780415403511 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 228 str.

Andrew Dobson

Opis

This highly acclaimed introduction to green political thought is now available in a new edition, having been fully revised and updated to take into account the areas which have grown in importance since the third edition was published. Andrew Dobson describes and assesses the political ideology of 'ecologism', and compares this radical view of remedies for the environmental crisis with the 'environmentalism' of mainstream politics. He examines the relationship between ecologism and other political ideologies, the philosophical basis of ecological thinking, the potential shape of a sustainable society, and the means at hand for achieving it. New to this edition:

• analysis of an intellectual and political 'anti-environment' backlash
• an account of sustainability in ecological thought
• the effect of globalization on ecologism
• ecological citizenship
• expanded bibliography.

Green Political Thought remains the starting point for all students, academics and activists who want an introduction to green political theory.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Thinking about Ecologism  1. Sustainable Societies  2. Reasons to Care for the Environment  3. Crisis and its Political-Strategic Consequences  4. Universality and Social Change  5. Lessons from Nature  6. Left and Right: Communism and Capitalism  7. Historical Specificity  8. Conclusion  Part 2: Philosophical Foundations  9. Ethics: A Code of Conduct  10. Ethics: A State of Being  11. Anthropocentrism  12. Hybridity  Part 3: The Sustainable Society  13. Limits to Growth  14. Possible Positions  15. More Problems with Growth  16. Questioning Consumption  17. Energy  18. Trade and Travel  19. Work  20. Bioregionalism  21. Agriculture  22. Diversity  23. Decentralization and its Limits  Part 4: Strategies for Green Change  24. Democracy and Authoritarianism  25. Action Through and Around the Legislature  26. Lifestyle  27. Communities  28. Direct Action  29. Fiscal Incentives and Ecological Citizenship  30. Class  31. Conclusion  Part 5: Ecologism and Other Ideologies  32. Liberalism  33. Conservatism  34. Socialism  35. Feminism  36. Conclusion 

O autorze

Andrew Dobson is Professor of Environmental Political Theory at Keele University, UK