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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454186403321

Autore

Smith Mark J. <1962->

Titolo

Environment and citizenship [[electronic resource] ] : integrating justice, responsibility and civic engagement / / Mark J. Smith and Piya Pangsapa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Zed Books

New York, : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

ISBN

1-84813-661-7

1-281-96459-X

9786611964597

1-84813-357-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PangsapaPiya

Disciplina

333.72

363.7'056 22 22

Soggetti

Political ecology

Citizenship

Environmental responsibility

Sustainable development

Environmental protection - Citizen participation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [264]-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

From environmental justice to environmental citizenship -- Citizens, citizenship and citizenization -- Rethinking environment and citizenship -- Environmental governance, social movements and citizenship in a global context -- Corporate responsibility and environmental sustainability -- Environmental borderlands -- Insiders and outsiders in environmental mobilizations in South-East Asia -- The new vocabulary of ecological citizenship.

Sommario/riassunto

Using new evidence and cases from across the globe, Environment and Citizenship explores the new vocabulary of ecological citizenship and examines how successful environmental policy-making depends on the



responsible actions of citizens and civil society organizations as much as on governments and international treaties. Smith and Pangsapa address how environmental responsibility operates through politics, ethics, culture and the everyday experiences of activists, as well as how awareness of environmental and social injustice only leads to responsible actions and strategic change through civic