Joel Jay Kassiola

Explorations in Environmental Political Theory

Thinking About What We Value

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The contributors to this volume focus on the political and value issues that, in their shared view, underlie the global environmental crisis facing us today. They argue that only by transforming our dominant values, social institutions and way of living can we avoid ecological disaster.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 153mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9780765610522
• ISBN-10: 0765610523
• Artikelnr.: 20999919

Autorenporträt

Joel Jay Kassiola

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction and Overview, Joel Jay Kassiola
Chapter 1 The "Tragedy" of Modernity, Joel Jay Kassiola
Chapter 2 Envisioning a Sustainable Society, Lester W. Milbrath
Chapter 3 Building Sustainable Societies, Dennis Pirages
Chapter 4 Janus-Faced Utopianism, Andrew Dobson
Chapter 5 Environmentalism and Progressive Politics, Robert C. Paehlke
Chapter 6 Industrialism and Deep Ecology, Andrew McLaughlin
Chapter 7 A Green Theory of Value, Robert E. Goodin
Chapter 8 On Reconciling Progressivism and Environmentalism, Michael E. Zimmerman
Chapter 9 Questions to Ponder in Understanding the Modern Predicament, Joel Jay Kassiola
aft Afterword, Joel Jay Kassiola