1st Edition

Political Theory and the Environment A Reassessment

Edited By Matthew Humphrey Copyright 2001

    This collection offers a sympathetic but critical perspective on contemporary ecological political theory, and gives proposals for a reorientation of some of its key aspects.

    ARTICLES -- Reassessing Ecology and Political Theory/Matthew Humphrey -- The Urban Blind Spot in Environmental Ethics/Andrew Light -- Ecocentrism, Weighted Interests and Property Theory/Sheryl D. Breen -- What’s Wrong with Ecofeminism?/Lucy Sargisson -- Balancing Political and Ecological Values/Niraja Gopal Jayal -- New Ethics for Old? Or. How (Not) to Think About Future Generations/Terence Ball -- Ten Commandments of How to Fail in an Environmental Campaign/Avner de-shalit -- Three Conceptions of Irreversibility and Environmental Ethics: Some Problems/Matthew Humphrey -- Abstracts -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

    Biography

    Mathew Humphrey,

    'Worth buying for its distinctive approach.' - Ecology and Enviromental Management In-Practice