Political space of ecological citizenship

In: Filozofija i društvo, Band 23, Heft 1, S. 102-111

Abstract

This paper examines the concept of ecological citizenship by looking at two
sets of arguments. Those justifying the concept itself, and those criticizing
the need to devise a new concept of citizenship and political community in
relation to ecological problems. The paper argues for a shift in focus:
instead of searching for (or readily dismissing) a new concept of
citizenship, we should adopt a different perspective capable of capturing the
explanatory potentials of citizenship-related notions - especially
citizenship action and political space in which it is constituted - in the
context of contemporary global ecological problems.