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Titolo: | Forging environmentalism : justice, livelihood, and contested environments / / Joanne Bauer, editor |
Pubblicazione: | Armonk, N.Y., : M.E. Sharpe, c2006 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (448 p.) |
Disciplina: | 333.72 |
Soggetto topico: | Environmentalism - United States |
Environmentalism - Asia | |
Environmental ethics - United States | |
Environmental ethics - Asia | |
Environmental justice - United States | |
Environmental justice - Asia | |
Altri autori: | BauerJoanne R. <1962-> |
Note generali: | "An East Gate Book." |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | China : a foreword / Judith Shapiro. The politics and ethics of going green in China : air pollution control in Benxi City and wetland preservation in the Sanjiang Plain / Liu Yu ... [et al.] -- Japan : a foreword / Jeffrey Broadbent. From Kogai to Kankyo mondai : nature, development, and social conflict in Japan / Kada Yukiko ... [et al.] -- India : a foreword / Paul Greenough. Rethinking Indian environmentalism : industrial pollution in Delhi and fisheries in Kerala / Amita Baviskar, Subir Sinha, and Kavita Philip -- The United States : a foreword / Keith Kloor. Two faces of American environmentalism : the quest for justice in southern Louisiana and sustainability in the Sonoran desert / David Jenkins ... [et al.] --The value of legality in environmental action / Sheila Jasanoff -- Environmental transformations and the values of modernity / Arun Agrawal -- Evaluating environmental justice claims / Robert Melchior Figueroa -- Framing shared values : reason and trust in environmental governance / Clark A. Miller -- How shall we study environmental values? / Joanne Bauer and Anna Ray Davies. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Drawing on an empirical base, this book examines how environmental values are constructed and legitimized within the policy process. It trains the spotlight on four environmentally significant countries - China, Japan, India, and the United States, and incorporates legal, economic, philosophical, sociological, and political perspective points. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Forging environmentalism |
ISBN: | 1-317-47029-X |
1-315-70425-0 | |
1-317-47030-3 | |
1-280-91254-5 | |
9786610912544 | |
0-7656-2146-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910817917503321 |
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