Justice, society, and nature [[electronic resource] ] : an exploration of political ecology / / Nicholas Low and Brendan Gleeson

• Record Nr.: UNISA996202043403316
• Autore: Low Nicholas
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998
• ISBN: 1-134-76009-4; 0-203-00668-2; 1-280-33502-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GleesonBrendan <1964->
• Disciplina: 179/.1; 304.2
• Soggetti: Environmental justice; Environmental policy
• 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 and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; JUSTICE, SOCIETY AND NATURE: An exploration of political ecology; Copyright; CONTENTS; FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 JUSTICE IN AND TO THE ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCTION; SITUATING JUSTICE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL RISK AND ECOLOGICAL MODERNISATION; THE DIALECTIC OF JUSTICE, SOCIETY AND NATURE; CONCLUSION; 2 DISAPPEARING JUSTICE?; INTRODUCTION; THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ETHICS; THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JUSTICE; RATIONALITY AND JUSTICE; CONCLUSION; 3 BASES OF JUSTICE; INTRODUCTION; JUSTICE AND DESERT; JUSTICE, RIGHTS AND CITIZENSHIP; JUSTICE AND NEEDS; SELF, CULTURE AND OTHERS; CONCLUSION4 POLITICAL JUSTICE; INTRODUCTION; UTILITARIANISM; ENTITLEMENT; CONTRACTARIANISM; COMMUNITARIANISM; DISCOURSE ETHICS; POLITICAL JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT; CONCLUSION; 5 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: Distributing environmental quality; INTRODUCTION; JUSTICE WITHIN NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; DISTRIBUTIONAL POLITICS - UTILITARIAN SOLUTIONS; JUSTICE WITHIN THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT; THE WASTE TRADE; CONCLUSION; 6 ECOLOGICAL JUSTICE: Rethinking the bases; INTRODUCTION; EXTENDING THE SELF-PICTURE; EXPANDING THE MORAL ENVIRONMENT; ; EXPANDING THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; EXPANDING THE SELF; RETHINKING THE BASES OF JUSTICECONCLUSION; 7 JUSTICE AND NATURE: New constitutions?; INTRODUCTION; THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY AS A SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION; THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY AS A SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE; TWO CRITIQUES OF A GLOBAL CONSTITUTION; FIRST STEPS TO A WORLD CONSTITUTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL JUSTICE; CONCLUSION; 8 THE DIALECTIC OF JUSTICE AND NATURE; INTRODUCTION; THE DIALECTIC OF JUSTICE AND NATURE; THE SECOND LEVEL OF POLITICAL JUSTICE; THE PRAXIS OF THE SECOND LEVEL; THE FUTURE OF THE DIALECTIC; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Justice, Society and Nature examines the moral response which the world must make to the ecological crisis if there is to be real change in the global society and economy to favour ecological integrity. From its base in the idea of the self, through principles of political justice, to the justice of global institutions, the authors trace the layered structure of the philosophy of justice as it applies to environmental and ecological issues. Philosophical ideas are treated in a straightforward and easily understandable way with reference to practical examples. Moving straight