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Democracy and Green Political Thought Sustainability, Rights and Citizenship
260 Pages
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Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
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Routledge
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The green movement has posed some tough questions for traditional justifications of democracy. Should the natural world have rights? Can we take account of the interests of future generations? But questions have also been asked of the greens. Could their idealism undermine democracy? Can greens be effective democrats? In this book some of the leading writers on green political thought analyze... Read more
Contributors, Series editor’s preface, Acknowledgements, INTRODUCTION, Part I The discourse of green movements, Part II Green politics and democratic theory, Part III The institutions of a green , emocracy, Index
Biography
Brian Doherty, Marius de Geus
'These essays open out the whole area (of the debate over green politics) and present a balanced and informed discussion of the issues. It should provide resources for politicians as well as environmentalists, and also offer a general public increasingly anxious about the conditions for future generations reflections on possible ways of preserving and safeguarding life on our planet.' - - The Heythrop Journal
'This collection of essays is one of the most able and reflective among the plethora of writings devoted in the 1990s to developing green political thought.' - Environmental Values
