{"product_id":"environmental-political-theory-hardback-9781509529612","title":"Environmental Political Theory (Hardback) 9781509529612","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEnvironmental Political Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteve Vanderheiden (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509529612, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 September 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.522 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Steve Vanderheiden’s \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental Political Theory\u003c\/i\u003e is a great piece of engaged political theorising on the most important challenge of this age of the Anthropocene: how do we think about and respond to the climate and ecological emergency? He offers an analytically detailed and careful reappraisal of 'progress' and progressive politics for navigating our increasingly turbulent world. A monumental achievement from one of the world's leading EPT scholars.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJohn Barry, Queen's University Belfast\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The book is a triumph: a confident and engaged discussion by a leading environmental theorist at the top of his game. It is by far the best analysis available of the perils and promise of our most cherished political ideals in an age of environmental crises.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCatriona McKinnon, University of Exeter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... highly accessible, impeccably organised and insightful.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnvironmental Values\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur politics is intimately linked to the environmental conditions - and crises - of our time. The challenges of sustainability and the discovery of ecological limits to growth are transforming how we understand the core concepts at the heart of political theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this essential new textbook, leading political theorist Steve Vanderheiden examines how the concept of sustainability challenges – and is challenged – by eight key social and political ideas, ranging from freedom and equality to democracy and sovereignty. He shows that environmental change will disrupt some of our most cherished ideals, requiring new indicators of progress, new forms of community, and new conceptions of agency and responsibility. He draws on canonical texts, contemporary approaches to environmental political theory, and vivid examples to illustrate how changes in our conceptualization of our social aspirations can inhibit or enable a transition to a just and sustainable society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVanderheiden masterfully balances crystal clear explanation of the essentials with cutting-edge analysis to produce a book that will be core reading for students of environmental and green political theory everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction and Approach\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdeas and environmental politics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustainability as emergent and disruptive ideal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustainability as transformational ideal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Environmental Change and the Sustainability Imperative\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcological limits and sustainability imperatives\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcological limits: origins and possible responses\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcological limits and their discontents\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInternational responses to ecological limits\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcological limits and US politics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBusiness as usual\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe eco-fortress\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe just transition\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Freedom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcepts and conceptions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFreedom as culprit in commons tragedies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHardin on the tragedy of the commons\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFreedom and incentive structures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeoliberal freedom and scarcity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic liberalism and neoliberal freedom\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocke’s property theory and provisos\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNozick’s entitlement theory and the proviso\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrometheanism and the proviso\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeoliberal freedom and externalities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndividuality, consumerism, and sovereignty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsumerism, consumption, and freedom\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeoliberal freedom and harm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions: sustainability and the ideal of freedom\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Democracy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocracy and the environment\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocracy as incompatible with sustainability?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironment and democracy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReconciling democracy and sustainability\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo kinds of democratic legitimacy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocracy and doughnuts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRights as democratic constraints on democracy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternatives to democracy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnocracy as alternative to democracy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnocracy as compatible with democracy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReconciling technocracy with democracy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEco-authoritarianism as alternative to democracy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnocracy as antidote to democracy’s failings\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReforming environmental democracy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreening democracy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocracy and global governance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions: environmental change and the democratic ideal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Progress\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConceptions of progress within a contested social compass\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProgress in Western political thought\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAncient and medieval conceptions of progress\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrowth-as-progress in early liberalism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScarcity and modern conceptions of progress\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrowth as core state imperative\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProgress reoriented\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenging the growth imperative\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilderness, ecology, and the land ethic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToxic chemicals and the war on nature\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRethinking links between growth and progress\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward a post-growth conception of progress\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe HDI as progress index\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustainable development goals\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreen growth vs. post-growth conceptions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions: redefining progress to account for ecological limits\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Equality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEquality as ideal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFactual and moral equality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEquality between species\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman exceptionalism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRights and equality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental rights\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEquality as equivalence: the issue of carbon offsets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarbon equivalence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOffsets and equity in international carbon trading\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEquality and sufficiency: competing standards\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternatives to equality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSufficiency and sufficientarianism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInequality and the environment\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions: environmental imperatives and the equality ideal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Agency and Responsibility\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey concepts in agency and responsibility\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgents and agency\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoral and legal standing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthical individualism and the environment\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenges to ethical individualism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCollectivities, value and moral standing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndividualism, collective responsibility and climate change\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClimate change, agency, and responsibility\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThreshold effects, harm and responsibility\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFragmented agency and responsibility\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUncertainty and responsibility\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgents and levels of analysis: who should act?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNon-state agents and responsibility for climate change\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndividual agents and remedies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHolding persons responsible for climate change\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransparency and responsibility-taking\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCollective responsibility\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions: agency and responsibility and the environmental crisis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Community\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ancient ideal of community\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunity in modern political thought\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn anthropocentrism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnthropocentrism and the environmental crisis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom biotic to planetary community\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuman exceptionalism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultivating planetary community\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNational identity and environmental protection\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNations and peoples as allies of environmental protection\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNationality, territory, and environment\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCosmopolitanism and the global community\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEthical obligations and distant strangers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheorizing cosmopolitan and planetary membership\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental citizenship and its associated virtues\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal community and common heritage\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions: environment and the community ideal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Sovereignty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSovereignty as principle and in practice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElements of sovereignty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSovereignty as foe? The debate over the Convention on Biological Diversity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrong sovereignty and isolationist anti-environmentalism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssessing Senate GOP sovereignty claims\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDogmatic versus pragmatic sovereignty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrump and the sovereignty principle\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Trump Doctrine\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSovereignty and sustainability\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreening sovereignty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProgressive sovereignty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHumanitarian intervention and the evolution of sovereignty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSovereignty and sustainability\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReconstructing sovereignty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions: sovereignty and the ecological crisis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Justice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRawlsian distributive justice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther conceptions of justice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental justice as social movement objective\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo environmental justice campaigns\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironmental justice movements, discourses, applications\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironment and intergenerational justice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenges for intergenerational justice: identity and uncertainty\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenges for intergenerational justice: currency\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural resources and the scope and currency of distributive justice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombining scope and currency in resource access\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn natural resource and climate justice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMitigation and burden-sharing equity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdaptation and equity in remedies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions: environment and the justice ideal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Conclusions: The Just and Sustainable Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441792741656,"sku":"9781509529612","price":45.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509529612.jpg?v=1785025566","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/environmental-political-theory-hardback-9781509529612","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}