Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice - Couverture souple

Connelly, James; Smith, Graham; Benson, David; Saunders, Clare

 
9780415150682: Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 041515068X ISBN 13 : 9780415150682
Editeur : Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

This comprehensive new textbook has been designed to cover all aspects of courses on politics and the environment and environmental ethics. Written by experienced teachers of the subject, it introduces students to the key concepts and issues surrounding environmental problems and political solutions. Its starting point is the complex background which inform environmental policies, such as moral beliefs and attitudes towards the environment. It then investigates the people, movements, and organizations that form and implement these policies and explores the impediments to the successful implementation and adoption of environmental policies.
Features and benefits of Politics and the Environment:
* Comprehensive coverage: chapters on environmental philosophy and ideology, environmental movements, collective action, environment and economics, international dimensions, European integration, and national and local responses.
* International case studies: each chapter includes useful sections exploring real life examples of pressing environmental problems such as animal rights, anti-road movements, air pollution, global warming, and many more.
* Further reading: bibliographies including key texts are provided at the end of each chapter.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This comprehensive new textbook has been designed to cover all aspects of courses on politics and the environment and environmental ethics. Written by experienced teachers of the subject, it introduces students to the key concepts and issues surrounding environmental problems and political solutions. Its starting point is the complex background which inform environmental policies, such as moral beliefs and attitudes towards the environment. It then investigates the people, movements, and organizations that form and implement these policies and explores the impediments to the successful implementation and adoption of environmental policies.
Features and benefits of Politics and the Environment:
* Comprehensive coverage: chapters on environmental philosophy and ideology, environmental movements, collective action, environment and economics, international dimensions, European integration, and national and local responses.
* International case studies: each chapter includes useful sections exploring real life examples of pressing environmental problems such as animal rights, anti-road movements, air pollution, global warming, and many more.
* Further reading: bibliographies including key texts are provided at the end of each chapter.

Biographie de l'auteur

James Connelly is Professor of Politics at the University of Hull

Graham Smith is Professor of Politics at the University of Southampton

David Benson is a Lecturer in Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia

Clare Saunders is a Lecturer in Politics & International Relations at the University of Southampton

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
041515068X
ISBN 13 
9780415150682
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  0415572126 ISBN 13 :  9780415572125
Editeur : Routledge, 2012
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