A democracy built to last
Subtitle: Green/Populist steps toward a livable future
By: Robert Beattie.
Publisher: Applecart Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Environmentalism -- Economic aspects -- United States; Environmentalism -- Political aspects -- United States; Sustainable development -- United States; Democracy -- United States
Description: A democracy built to last is a rare challenge to what has become a dogma in American economic and political thinking: economic growth as the goal of public policy. In reality it is unlimited economic growth in a finite world that is the cause of spreading disruption of the earthʾs natural balances and depletion of its resources. The author argues that our growth trends are not only unsustainable, they may not be survivable, but that we do have promising, sustainable alternatives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-318) and index.
Table of contents: title: Life on earth at the end of the industrial age; title: Environmental values, environmental politics; title: Rising wealth, declining democracy; title: Energy for a sustainable economy; title: Junking the deathmobile; title: Farms built to last; title: Sustaining health; title: Education for survival; title: A political postscript.