The environmental politics of sacrifice [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Michael Maniates and John M. Meyer
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| Titolo: |
The environmental politics of sacrifice [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Michael Maniates and John M. Meyer
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.7/0561 |
| Soggetto topico: | Environmental policy |
| Sacrifice | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
ManiatesMichael
MeyerJohn M
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Must we sacrifice? confronting the politics of sacrifice in an ecologically full world / John M. Meyer and Michael Maniates -- Asking the right questions -- A democratic politics of sacrifice? / John M. Meyer -- Sacrifice in an age of comfort / Paul Wapner -- Freedom, values, and sacrifice : overcoming obstacles to environmentally sustainable behavior / Cheryl Hall -- Seeing sacrifice in everyday life -- Ordinary and extraordinary sacrifices : religion, everyday life, and environmental practice / Anna Peterson -- The sacred and the profane in the ecological politics of sacrifice / Karen Litfin -- Consumer sovereignty, heroic sacrifice : two insidious concepts in an endlessly expansionist economy / Thomas Princen -- Parental sacrifice as atonement for future climate change / Sudhir Chella Rajan -- Obstacles and opportunities -- Self-interest, sacrifice and climate change : (re- )framing the British Columbia carbon tax / Shane Gunster -- Civic virtue and sacrifice in a suburban nation / Peter Cannavò -- Bikes, sticks, carrots / Justin Williams -- Intelligent design? : unpacking geoengineering's hidden sacrifices / Simon Nicholson -- Struggling with sacrifice : take back your time and right2vacation.org / Michael Maniates -- Conclusion : sacrifice and a new environmental politics / Michael Maniates and John M. Meyer. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This work provides an argument that the idea of sacrifice, with all its political baggage, opens new paths to environmental sustainability. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The environmental politics of sacrifice |
| ISBN: | 0-262-28878-8 |
| 1-282-73701-5 | |
| 9786612737015 | |
| 0-262-28960-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459950103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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