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The Environmental Politics Reader: Debating the Earth

Environmental Politics Reader: Debating the Earth

Author: John S. Dryzek and David Schlosberg   Series: The Environmental Politics Reader

Part One: Feast or Famine? The Severity of Environmental Problems Section One: Limits and Survivalism 1. Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jorgen Randers and William H. Behrens III: The Limits to Growth 2. Garrett Hardin: The Tragedy of the Commons 3. Lester Brown: A Planet under Stress Section Two: The Promethean Response 4. Julian L. Simon and Herman Kahn: Introduction to the Resourceful Earth 5. Bjorn Lomborg: The Truth about the Environment 6. Tom Burke: Ten Pinches of Salt Part Two: Reformist Responses Section Three: Administrative Rationalism 7. Robert V. Bartlett: Rationality and the Logic of the National Environmental Policy Act 8. Kai Lee: Appraising Adaptive Management 9. Charles Sabel, Archon Fung and Bradley Karkkainen: Beyond Backyard Environmentalism 10. Mary O'Brien: Gola: Replace Risk Assessment with Alternatives Assessment Section Four: Liberal Democracy 11. Mark Sagoff: The Allocation and Distribution of Resources 12. Robyn Eckersley: Green Governance in the New Millenium: Towards the On Green Democratic State 13. Marcel Wissenburg: Sustainability and the Limits of Liberalism 14. William P. Ophuls and A. Stephen Boyan JR: The American Political Economy II: The Non-Politics of Laissez Faire Part Three: Environment and Economics Section Five: Market Liberalism 15. Terry L. Anderson and Donald T. Leal: Rethinking the Way We Think 16. Robert Stavins and Bradley Whitehead: Market-Based Environmental Policies 17. Robert E Goodin: Selling Environmental Indulgences Section Six: Sustainable Development 18. World Commission on Environment and Development: From One Earth to One World 19. Herman Daly: Sustainable Development: Definitions, Principles, Policy 20. Wolfgang Sachs: Sustainable Development and the Crisis of Nature: On the Political Anatomy of an Oxymoron Section Seven:Ecological Modernization 21. Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins: The Next Industrial Revolution 22. John Barry: Ecological Modernization Part Four: Green Social Critiques Section Eight: Deep Ecology and Bioregionalism 23. Arne Naess: The Shallow and the Deep, Long Range Ecology Movement: A Summary 24. Dave Foreman: Putting the Earth First 25. Jim Dodge: Living by Life: Some Bioregional Theory and Practice 26. Val Plumwood: Paths beyond Human-centredness Section Nine: Social and Socialist Ecology 27. Murray Bookchin: Society and Ecology 28. Ynestra King: Toward an Ecological Feminism and a Feminist Ecology 29. Joel Kovel: Ecosocialism Section Ten: Environmental Justice 30. First National People of Colour Environmental Leadership Summit: Principles of Environmental Justice 31. Robert Bullard: Environmental Justice in the 21st Century 32. Celene Krauss: Women of Colour on the Front Line Section Eleven: Southern and Indigenous Perspectives 33. Vandana Shiva: On Poverty and Globalization 34. Ramachandra Guha and Juan M. Alier: Environmentalism and the Poor 35. Winona LaDuke: Introduction to All My Relations 36. Fabienne Bayet: Overturning the Doctrine: Indigenous People and Wilderness - Being Aboriginal in the Environment Movement Part Five: Society, The State and The Environment Section Twelve: The Green Movement 37. Paul Wapner: Politics Beyond the State: Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics 38. Doug Torgerson: Farewell to the Green Movement? Political Action and the Green Public Sphere 39. David Schlosberg: The Politics of Networking in the Grassroots Environmental Justice Movement 40. Thomas Poguntke: Green Parties in the National Governments: From Protest to Aquiescence? Section Thirteen: Ecological Democracy 41. Ulrich Beck: The Politics of the Risk Society 42. John S. Dryzek: Political and Ecological Communication 43. Andrew Dobson: Envi

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Part One: Feast or Famine? The Severity of Environmental Problems Section One: Limits and Survivalism 1. Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jorgen Randers and William H. Behrens III: The Limits to Growth 2. Garrett Hardin: The Tragedy of the Commons 3. Lester Brown: A Planet under Stress Section Two: The Promethean Response 4. Julian L. Simon and Herman Kahn: Introduction to the Resourceful Earth 5. Bjorn Lomborg: The Truth about the Environment 6. Tom Burke: Ten Pinches of Salt Part Two: Reformist Responses Section Three: Administrative Rationalism 7. Robert V. Bartlett: Rationality and the Logic of the National Environmental Policy Act 8. Kai Lee: Appraising Adaptive Management 9. Charles Sabel, Archon Fung and Bradley Karkkainen: Beyond Backyard Environmentalism 10. Mary O'Brien: Gola: Replace Risk Assessment with Alternatives Assessment Section Four: Liberal Democracy 11. Mark Sagoff: The Allocation and Distribution of Resources 12. Robyn Eckersley: Green Governance in the New Millenium: Towards the On Green Democratic State 13. Marcel Wissenburg: Sustainability and the Limits of Liberalism 14. William P. Ophuls and A. Stephen Boyan JR: The American Political Economy II: The Non-Politics of Laissez Faire Part Three: Environment and Economics Section Five: Market Liberalism 15. Terry L. Anderson and Donald T. Leal: Rethinking the Way We Think 16. Robert Stavins and Bradley Whitehead: Market-Based Environmental Policies 17. Robert E Goodin: Selling Environmental Indulgences Section Six: Sustainable Development 18. World Commission on Environment and Development: From One Earth to One World 19. Herman Daly: Sustainable Development: Definitions, Principles, Policy 20. Wolfgang Sachs: Sustainable Development and the Crisis of Nature: On the Political Anatomy of an Oxymoron Section Seven:Ecological Modernization 21. Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins: The Next Industrial Revolution 22. John Barry: Ecological Modernization Part Four: Green Social Critiques Section Eight: Deep Ecology and Bioregionalism 23. Arne Naess: The Shallow and the Deep, Long Range Ecology Movement: A Summary 24. Dave Foreman: Putting the Earth First 25. Jim Dodge: Living by Life: Some Bioregional Theory and Practice 26. Val Plumwood: Paths beyond Human-centredness Section Nine: Social and Socialist Ecology 27. Murray Bookchin: Society and Ecology 28. Ynestra King: Toward an Ecological Feminism and a Feminist Ecology 29. Joel Kovel: Ecosocialism Section Ten: Environmental Justice 30. First National People of Colour Environmental Leadership Summit: Principles of Environmental Justice 31. Robert Bullard: Environmental Justice in the 21st Century 32. Celene Krauss: Women of Colour on the Front Line Section Eleven: Southern and Indigenous Perspectives 33. Vandana Shiva: On Poverty and Globalization 34. Ramachandra Guha and Juan M. Alier: Environmentalism and the Poor 35. Winona LaDuke: Introduction to All My Relations 36. Fabienne Bayet: Overturning the Doctrine: Indigenous People and Wilderness - Being Aboriginal in the Environment Movement Part Five: Society, The State and The Environment Section Twelve: The Green Movement 37. Paul Wapner: Politics Beyond the State: Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics 38. Doug Torgerson: Farewell to the Green Movement? Political Action and the Green Public Sphere 39. David Schlosberg: The Politics of Networking in the Grassroots Environmental Justice Movement 40. Thomas Poguntke: Green Parties in the National Governments: From Protest to Aquiescence? Section Thirteen: Ecological Democracy 41. Ulrich Beck: The Politics of the Risk Society 42. John S. Dryzek: Political and Ecological Communication 43. Andrew Dobson: Envi

Brings together over 40 essential readings, which illustrate the diversity of political responses to environmental issues. They are organized in a way that emphasizes the differences and debates across the various schools of thought on environmental affairs.

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Debating the Earth brings together over 40 essential readings that illustrate the diversity of political responses to environmental issues. They are organized in a way that emphasizes the differences and debates across the various schools of thought on environmental affairs and there is a mixture of classic pieces and cutting-edge essays. The key debates that are covered include the severity of environmental problems, reformist responses to environmentalissues, the environment and economics and green critiques. The second edition includes a new section on 'The Global South and Indigenous Perspectives' which broadens the geographical scope.25 extracts are new to this edition and there are more extracts by women.

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Critic Reviews

“'The editors should be congratulated on putting together a collection inwhich every item is worth reading and where the whole is equal to the sum of theparts'Geoff A. Wilson- Professor of human geography, Plymouth University.”

The editors should be congratulated on putting together a collection in which every item is worth reading and where the whole is equal to the sum of the parts'Geoff A. Wilson- Professor of human geography, Plymouth University.I am convinced that this excellent, accessible and wide-ranging book will find its way into many libraries and on to personal bookshelves'RGeoff A. Wilson- Professor of human geography, Plymouth University.

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About the Author

John S. Dryzek was the Head of the Political Science Departments at both Oregon and Melbourne. He is a former editor of the Australian Journal of Political Science and Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. He is currently the Head of the Social and Political Theory Program at The Australian National University David Schlosberg has taught at Northern Arizona University and the London School of Economics and is currently on sabbatical from theUniversity of Arizona as a Fulbright Senior Scholar Fellow at ANU, Canberra.

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Debating the Earth brings together over 40 essential readings that illustrate the diversity of political responses to environmental issues. They are organized in a way that emphasizes the differences and debates across the various schools of thought on environmental affairs and there is a mixture of classic pieces and cutting-edge essays. The key debates that are covered include the severity of environmental problems, reformist responses to environmental issues, the environment and economics and green critiques. The second edition includes a new section on 'The Global South and Indigenous Perspectives' which broadens the geographical scope. 25 extracts are new to this edition and there are more extracts by women.

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Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
23rd December 2004
Edition
2nd
Pages
674
ISBN
9780199276295

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