1st Edition
Ecological Politics and Democratic Theory The Challenge to the Deliberative Ideal
Introduction Part 1: Ecological Politics Against Democracy 1. Crisis Management: Eco-Authoritarianism and the Inadequacy of Democracy 2. Anarcho-Primitivism and Direct Action Politics 3. The War on ‘Eco-Terror’ 4. The Justification of Environmental Direct Action Part 2: Democracy, Deliberation, and Ecological Outcomes 5. Ecology, Autonomy, and Liberal Democracy 6. Deliberative Democracy and the Challenge of Radical Environmentalism 7. Radical Environmentalism and the Idea of Public Reason. Conclusion
Biography
Mathew Humphrey is Reader in Political Philosophy at the University of Nottingham, UK
'There are lessons in this book, not just for political theorists but for advocates, radicals, scientists and anyone who aspires to set an agenda that may go against commonly-held beliefs about acceptable discourse. It is an essential text for any scholars at doctoral level or above who have interest in environmental politics'
Environmental Politics
