Environmental Politics : New Geographical and Social Constituencies /
Poli, Corrado.author.
A change in the way humans relate to nature could be the starting point for a new environmental politics, a change which in itself will also influence relations among humans. Such a new approach would help to radically transform systems of production, not because they are unjust in traditional social terms, but because they endanger nature and humanity. This book opens an intellectual, academic and political discussion of environmental politics, which has the potential to involve large segments of the public and their public servants.  Thus far, the author points out, grassroots organizations have failed to win broad consensus and political power in the representative institutions. When the time comes to transform the single environmental issue into an electoral platform, environmentalists lose unity and effectiveness since they lack a common political vision and a cohesive strategy. On the other hand European politics is rapidly transforming because the challenge brought by so-called populist movements.  The author offers a completely new view of environmental politics, which challenges old theories. He proposes to start political analysis from an unconventional point of view: the relationship between humanity and nature, rather than the social justice and freedom perspective that has framed discourse over the last two centuries.  Up to date with current political cases such as populism and recent European elections, this book elaborates on the theory of political change and proposes new political strategies. The author expresses the need to forge the shared emotions and attitudes of activists into political ideologies and platforms, and the necessity for a new educational process and a new science politics to reform environmental politics.  In addition to offering politicians and activists new and practical guidelines for developing action strategies, this book provides a foundation for a university master program based on its issues.
Prologue; Contents; Introduction; The Sun Sets on the West; Seeking Environmentalist Voters; Science and Democracy; Part I Environment: From Quandaries to a Political Question; 1 The Sustainable Development Pseudo-solution; Sustain or Progress?; The Quest for a New Environmental Ideology; Environment Enters the Political Arena; How Did We Get to Sustainable Development?; 2 From Compromise to Fraud; From Compromise to Fallacy; From Fallacy to Fraud; The Missed Opportunity for a New Environmentalist Ideology; A Bike Route Beside the Nuclear Plant; The Crisis: An Opportunity for Progress?6 Political and Social Changes; The Need for Communication with Mainstream Public Opinion; The Non-political Environmentalists; Corporatist Society and New Subjects of Change; Reconstructing a Helpful Dialectic; New Possible Constituencies and Old Political Platforms; A New Political Goal; Environmental Ethics and the Political Crisis of the Neo-liberal Order; 7 New Social Demands and the Confusion of Constituencies; Introduction; The Advocacy Case of a Hazardous Plant; Two Grassroots Advocacy Groups; The Communication Issue; The Old-Fashioned Committees' Strategy8 New Constituencies for Social Change; The Activists' Anthropological Setting; An Inconsistent Voting Behavior; Prof-letarians of All Countries, Divide!; Two Contrasting Economic Industrial Models; 9 The Irrelevance of History and Geography in Politics; Mass Politics on Internet; The Underrepresentation of Environmentalists in Politics; Strategy for Change; Part III Gender and Education in Urban Policies; 10 Gender, Polis and Nature; Introduction; From Social Justice to Responsibility for Nature; An Environmentalist `Gender Trouble'; A Threefold Argument for a Gender-Oriented Urban PolicyWomen and Environment in Cognitive and Scientific Paradigms; Ecofeminism; Geography; Eros and Nature; City and Architecture Beyond the `Conscience of the Eye'; The City as a Reproductive Act; Gender Trouble in Urban Management; Women as Subjects of Radical Change; Social Dialectic and a Conclusion; 11 New Education and Training for Innovative Urban Management; Innovation in Urban Managers' Professional Education; A New Approach to Public Administration; From Smart Cities to Civil Cities; From Planning to Innovation, to Creativity; A Master Program
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A change in the way humans relate to nature could be the starting point for a new environmental politics, a change which in itself will also influence relations among humans. Such a new approach would help to radically transform systems of production, not because they are unjust in traditional social terms, but because they endanger nature and humanity. This book opens an intellectual, academic and political discussion of environmental politics, which has the potential to involve large segments of the public and their public servants.  Thus far, the author points out, grassroots organizations have failed to win broad consensus and political power in the representative institutions. When the time comes to transform the single environmental issue into an electoral platform, environmentalists lose unity and effectiveness since they lack a common political vision and a cohesive strategy. On the other hand European politics is rapidly transforming because the challenge brought by so-called populist movements.  The author offers a completely new view of environmental politics, which challenges old theories. He proposes to start political analysis from an unconventional point of view: the relationship between humanity and nature, rather than the social justice and freedom perspective that has framed discourse over the last two centuries.  Up to date with current political cases such as populism and recent European elections, this book elaborates on the theory of political change and proposes new political strategies. The author expresses the need to forge the shared emotions and attitudes of activists into political ideologies and platforms, and the necessity for a new educational process and a new science politics to reform environmental politics.  In addition to offering politicians and activists new and practical guidelines for developing action strategies, this book provides a foundation for a university master program based on its issues.
Environmental law.
Environmental policy.
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.