1st Edition

A Radical Green Political Theory

By Alan Carter Copyright 1999
428 Pages
by Routledge

428 Pages
by Routledge

432 Pages
by Routledge

This volume is the first systematic, comprehensive and cogent environmental political philosophy. It exposes the relationships between the ever-worsening environmental crises, the nature of prevailing economic structures and the role of the modern state and concludes that the combination of these factors is driving humanity towards destruction. Innovative, provocative and cutting-edge, A Radical... Read more
1. The Need for a Green Political Theory 2. Three Political Perspectives 3. Interrelationism, Freedom and Power 4. The State-Primacy Theory 5. Development or Underdevelopment 6. The State and Nature 7. Towards a Cooperatve Autonomy Appendices Appendix A: Green Policies and Core Green Values Appendix B: Greens and Green Parties Appendix C: Deep Ecology or Social Ecology

Biography

Alan Carter

'Carter's systematic reevaluation of the environmental crisis' many causes and consequences is very useful for those wanting a succinct but pointed indictment of what causes ecological ills.' - Timothy W. Luke, Environmental Ethics Vol. 23, No. 1, Spring 2001