Title: Green political thought /
Authors: Dobson, Andrew.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Green movement.
Abstract: "This highly acclaimed introduction to green political thought is now available in a new edition, having been fully revised and updated to take into account the areas which have grown in importance since the third edition was published." "The author describes and assesses the political ideology of 'ecologism', and compares this radical view of remedies for the environmental crisis with the 'environmentalism' of mainstream politics. Dobson examines the philosophical basis of ecological thinking, the potential shape of a sustainable society and the means at hand for achieving it. The relationship between ecologism and other political ideologies is also discussed."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Thinking about ecologism -- Sustainable societies -- Reasons to care for the environment -- Crisis and its political-strategic consequences -- Universality and social change -- Left and right : communism and capitalism -- Historical specificity -- Philosophical foundations -- Deep ecology : ethics as a code of conduct -- Deep ecology : ethics as a state of being -- Anthropocentrism -- Earth first! and social ecology -- Hybridity -- The sustainable society -- Limits to growth -- Possible positions -- More problems with growth -- Questioning consumption -- Energy -- Trade and travel -- Work -- Bioregionalism -- Agriculture -- Diversity -- Decentralization and its limits -- Strategies for green change -- Democracy and authoritarianism -- Action through and around the legislature -- Lifestyle -- Communities -- Direct action -- Fiscal incentives and ecological citizenship -- Class -- Ecologism and other ideologies -- Liberalism -- Conservatism -- Socialism -- Feminism.