Green political thought / / Andrew Dobson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809080603321
• Autore: Dobson Andrew
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2000
• ISBN: 1-134-59713-4; 0-203-17052-0; 1-134-59714-2; 0-203-13167-3; 1-280-32777-4
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.5
• Soggetti: Green movement; Environmentalism
• 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. [215]-225) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Green Political Thought; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the third edition; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Thinking about ecologism; Sustainable societies; Reasons to care for the environment; Crisis and its political-strategic consequences; Universality and social change; Lessons from nature; Left and right: communism and capitalism; Historical specificity; Conclusion; 2 Philosophical foundations; Ethics: a code of conduct; Ethics: a state of being; Anthropocentrism; 3 The sustainable society; Limits to growth; Possible positions; More problems with growthQuestioning consumption; Energy; Trade and travel; Work; Bioregionalism; Agriculture; Diversity; Decentralization and its limits; 4 Strategies for green change; Democracy and authoritarianism; Action through and around the legislature; Lifestyle; Communities; Direct action; Class; Conclusion; 5 Ecologism and other ideologies; Liberalism; Conservatism; Socialism; Feminism; Conclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Andrew Dobson's highly acclaimed introduction to green political thought is now available in a new edition. It has been fully revised and updated to take into account the areas that have grown in importance ; since the last edition was published.The third edition includes:* a comparison of ecologism with other principal modern ideologies, such as liberalism, conservatism, fascism, socialism, feminism and anarchism* an assessment of the relationship between green thinking and democracy, justice and citizenship* an exploration of 'sustainable development' addressing the fun