Earthly Goods: Environmental Change and Social Justice - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801432898 ISBN 13 : 9780801432897

Editeur : Cornell University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Global environmental change raises profound moral issues with which society has only begun to grapple. What does fairness mean in dividing responsibilities for problems of global warming between rich and poor nations? Does the environment itself have moral standing and, if so, how should its conflicts with the interests of people who depend on the land for their livelihood be resolved? How can the interests of the poor, of indigenous peoples, and of future generations be properly accommodated in a political discourse about environmental policy which is dominated by industrialized states? This book extends the debate both within and across disciplines, engaging philosophers, geographers, political scientists, economists, sociologists, and environmental activists from four continents.

The essays address the role of science in global change and argue that western science does not provide morally disinterested solutions to environmental problems. They discuss the role of state and substate actors in the international politics of the environment, and then use accounts of actual negotiations to argue for the centrality of social justice in reaching desirable and equitable agreements. They conclude that a framework for social justice under conditions of global environmental change must include community values and provide for participatory structures to arbitrate among competing interests.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Fen Osler Hampson is Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cornell University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801432898
• ISBN 13: 9780801432897
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 277
• Éditeur: Hampson Fen Osler, Reppy Judith
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• Personne responsable: non disponible