Deep Environmental Politics

Author : Phillip F. Cramer
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deep Environmental Politics written by Phillip F. Cramer and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1998-04-23 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cramer provides a window into the world of radical environmentalism and the political process. He examines how deep ecology evolved, how its ideas influence our lives, and how it impacts our laws. The book begins with an overview of deep ecology and traces its history in American political thought. Cramer then looks at the tactics employed by radical environmentalists and the relationship formed between activists and their political counterparts. He explains the difference between what deep ecology ultimately wants and what it strives for on a daily basis. Federal environmental legislation and congressional testimony are analyzed for trends, and media coverage of radical environmentalism is also examined. Cramer provides the first comprehensive look at the impact of deep ecology and radical environmentalism on American environmental politics and law. This book will be invaluable to scholars and researchers of contemporary American politics and law, environmental studies, and the media.

Author : John Barry
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113555403X
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics written by John Barry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why care about the environment? Is the earth's climate really changing for the worse? What are CFCs exactly? And who or what is the WTO? What are the causes of environmental problems? Who are the main actors, and what are the main ideas and issues in international environmental politics? Which countries have the best/worst environmental record and policies? The International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics is the essential reference source to enable all those with an interest in the politics of the environment - particularly students and academics working within political science - to answer these questions, and to explore many other related topics in international environmental politics. It will be welcomed as an essential teaching resource and a trusty companion to independent study. Written by a team of international experts, the Encyclopedia is vital for fact-checking, provides authoritative initial orientation to a particular topic or issue and will serve as a solid starting point for wider explanation. With over 300 fully cross-referenced entries, many of which are followed with suggestions for further reading, the Encyclopedia includes: * Country and regional entries, with country entries giving a concise overview of the history, main actors, issues and policies related to its environmental politics * Normative and ethical dimensions of environmental politics, from animal rights, social and global justice to deep ecology * Environmental movements, organizations, struggles and actors from local to international levels * Issues in international environmental politics such as global warming, biodiversity, trade and the environment * Prominent individuals (historical and current) who have inspired or been actively involved in international environmental politics - such as Mahatma Gandhi, Petra Kelly, Vandana Shiva and Aldo Leopold * Central topics and issues in environmental politics - such as global warming, globalization, wildlife preservation, eco-taxes, energy production and consumption, sustainable development and the World Trade Organisation

Author : James P. Lester
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822315698
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Politics and Policy written by James P. Lester and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely revised throughout, and including five new chapters, this second edition of Environmental Politics and Policy provides an updated review and synthesis of the political science literature on the subject of environmental politics and policy. Various chapters by leading scholars in the field analyze and describe the role of public opinion, interest groups, political parties, Congress, the Executive Branch, the Courts, and elites as they have influenced the formation of U.S. environmental policies over the past twenty-five years. The book also provides ideas for future research and will stimulate thinking about the subject in the 1990s and beyond. From reviews of the First Edition: "All the authors in this collection of essays are well known in the field of environmental policy. Their breadth of knowledge, and diversity of perspectives, permit a rich and comprehensive coverage of the scholarly work in this field."--Daniel McCool, Journal of Politics "An excellent collection of readings with a strong emphasis on institutional analysis as an approach to environmental policy in the United States."--Robert Paehlke, Natural Resources and Environmental Administration "No better review of the political science of environmental policy-making has yet been published."--Christopher J. Bailey, Environmental Politics Contributors. David Colnic, Douglas Costain, John S. Dryzek, Riley E. Dunlap, Helen M. Ingram, Sheldon Kamieniecki, Michael E. Kraft, James P. Lester, Dean E. Mann, Evan J. Ringquist, Walter A. Rosenbaum, Mark E. Rushefsky, Gerald B. Thomas, Lettie M. Wenner

Author : Ronnie D. Lipschutz
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1483370909
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Environmental Politics written by Ronnie D. Lipschutz and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2003-07-30 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional views of global environmental politics take the structures and relations of international politics as a given. Solutions to environmental problems, then, must be products of concession, negotiation, and inevitable compromise—a world of top-down planetary management. Lipschutz challenges students to question these conventional approaches. He argues that much light can be shed on global environmental degradation if we look beyond the politics of conflict and cooperation and explore environmental problems from their very "roots." Using a framework that accounts for the ontologies, material conditions, and power relations that structure global environmental problems, Lipschutz is able to more effectively question attempts to clean up the globe and sustain the world′s natural resources. Throughout the text, the author uses compelling cases to illustrate the effects of globalization and capitalism, yet is careful to make the link between the local and the global to show how we, as individuals, are both consumers of goods and producers of pollution. A powerful new approach How is the financing of a water system in Bolivia linked to long-standing forestation practices in India? Taking nothing for granted, the root causes of major global environmental problems are exposed and subjected to rigorous analysis. Lipschutz shows, for instance, how privatization operates in different global contexts with strikingly similar consequences. In what ways are liberalism and realism actually two sides of the same coin? Both make self-interest—of the individual and of the state—key operating terms. In a revealing comparison, Lipschutz explores the limits of these dominant political models to effectively frame and solve environmental problems. What kinds of political, social, and environmental practices bring about meaningful change? By emphasizing the global impacts of local actions, the text shows how attempts to control environmental problems may actually reproduce the very systems they are meant to ameliorate. Combined with practical pedagogy Rich historical background helps contextualize contemporary issues. Extensive suggested reading lists at the end of each chapter guide students to further research, while tables and figures elegantly show data and concepts. The emphasis on assessing the root causes of global environmental problems and models encourages critical thinking. Students are also encouraged to rethink their own role in the global environmental system and to get involved in effective forms of social change.

Author : John M. Meyer
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262263719
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Nature written by John M. Meyer and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2001-07-20 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concern over environmental problems is prompting us to reexamine established thinking about society and politics. The challenge is to find a way for the public's concern for the environment to become more integral to social, economic, and political decision making. Two interpretations have dominated Western portrayals of the nature-politics relationship, what John Meyer calls the dualist and the derivative. The dualist account holds that politics—and human culture in general—is completely separate from nature. The derivative account views Western political thought as derived from conceptions of nature, whether Aristotelian teleology, the clocklike mechanism of early modern science, or Darwinian selection. Meyer examines the nature-politics relationship in the writings of two of its most pivotal theorists, Aristotle and Thomas Hobbes, and of contemporary environmentalist thinkers. He concludes that we must overcome the limitations of both the dualist and the derivative interpretations if we are to understand the relationship between nature and politics. Human thought and action, says Meyer, should be considered neither superior nor subservient to the nonhuman natural world, but interdependent with it. In the final chapter, he shows how struggles over toxic waste dumps in poor neighborhoods, land use in the American West, and rainforest protection in the Amazon illustrate this relationship and point toward an environmental politics that recognizes the experience of place as central.

Author : Jedediah Purdy
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674368223
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book After Nature written by Jedediah Purdy and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature no longer exists apart from humanity. The world we will inhabit is the one we have made. Geologists call this epoch the Anthropocene, Age of Humans. The facts of the Anthropocene are scientific—emissions, pollens, extinctions—but its shape and meaning are questions for politics. Jedediah Purdy develops a politics for this post-natural world.

Author : Mathew Humphrey
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780714681870
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Theory and the Environment written by Mathew Humphrey and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2001 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a set of important contributions to the property theory, utopianism, justice, the third world, and direct action perspective.

Author : John S. Dryzek
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Debating the Earth written by John S. Dryzek and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Neil Carter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108472303
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of the Environment written by Neil Carter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised to include new discussions on climate justice, green political parties, climate legislation and recent environmental struggles.

Author : M. Betsill
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137338970
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advances in International Environmental Politics written by M. Betsill and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides authoritative and up-to-date research for anyone interested in the study of international environmental politics. It demonstrates how the field of international environmental politics has evolved and identifies key questions, topics and approaches to guide future research.