In this collection, innovative and eminent social and policy analysts, including Colin Crouch, Anna Coote, Grahame Thompson and Ted Benton, challenge the failing but still dominant ideology and policies of neo-liberalism. The editors synthesise contributors' ideas into a revised framework for social democracy; rooted in feminism, environmentalism, democratic equality and market accountability to civil society. This constructive and stimulating collection will be invaluable for those teaching, studying and campaigning for transformative political, economic and social policies
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Chapter 1 The American Political Setting and the Environment -- The American Political System, Public Policymaking, and the Environment -- Science, Politics, and the Environment -- Environmental Beliefs and Value Orientation -- A Brief History of Environmental Policy in the United States -- The Early Twentieth Century to the 1950s -- Environmentalism: 1960s to the Present -- Design of the Book -- Chapter 2 American Federalism and Environmental Politics -- Federal-State Relations: Historical Roots
Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedicate -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Part I -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Basic Issues in Taylor's Philosophy -- 3 Taylor's Interpretivism, Knowledge and the Natural Environment -- 4 Taylor's Interpretivism, Social Imaginaries and the Natural Environment -- 5 Taylor's Metaphysics, Merleau-Ponty and the Natural Environment -- Part II -- 6 Taylor's Environmentalism and Critique of Utilitarianism and Instrumental Reason -- 7 Taylor's Critique of Instrumentalism, Liberalism and Procedure in Politics
Environmental patriotism, the belief that the national environment defines a country's greatness, is a significant strand in twentieth century American environmentalism. This book is the first to explore the history of environmental patriotism in America through the intriguing stories of environmental patriots and the rhetoric of their speeches and propaganda,The See America First movement began in 1906 with the aim of protecting and promoting the landscapes of the American West. In 1908, Gifford Pinchot and President Theodore Roosevelt hosted the White House Conservation Conference
In this extraordinary introduction to the study of the philosophy of technology, Andrew Feenberg argues that techonological design is central to the social and political structure of modern societies. Environmentalism, information technology, and medical advances testify to technology's crucial importance.In his lucid and engaging style, Feenberg shows that technology is the medium of daily life. Every major technical changes reverberates at countless levels: economic, political, and cultural. If we continue to see the social and technical domains as being seperate, then we are essentially den
Eugene W. Holland provides an excellent introduction to Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari's Anti-Oedipus which is widely recognized as one of the most influential texts in philosophy to have appeared in the last thirty years.He lucidly presents the theoretical concerns behind Anti-Oedipus and explores with clarity the diverse influences of Marx, Freud, Nietzsche and Kant on the development of Deleuze & Guattari's thinking. He also examines the wider implications of their work in revitalizing Marxism, environmentalism, feminism and cultural studies
Within today's debate on the relationship between economics and ecology we often resort to the ancient models and 'world ideas' generated within Asian religious traditions. Works and authors from the past become part of the contemporary disputes among stakeholders of the economic systems and militants of the various sectors of contemporary environmentalism. In this work I intend to show myopia, risks and dangers underlying certain ways of dividing, justifying and governing the relationships that the human animal has with the ecosystem of which it is a part.
Increasingly social activists, journalists and policy makers have expressed concern over the proliferation of conspiracy theories in the public space. There is a growing fear of their impact on social cohesion and democracy, their power to erode trust in state institutions and science. These concerns often come with an expectation that it is the responsibility of academics to engage with conspiracy beliefs by countering them. But should they?
In this book, contributors show that like everything that relates to conspiracy theories, even the answer to this question is not straightforward and can vary across disciplines and schools, can be influenced by disciplinary ethical codes of conduct, research methodologies, and specific approaches to conspiracy theories. Foregrounding a variety of approaches, from across disciplines (psychology, anthropology, sociology and media studies), academic seniority (from young scholars to full professors), and countries (USA, Ireland, UK, The Netherlands, Sweden, and Greece), the chapters in this book are in deep conversation with each other, offering multiple alternative takes on the issue of what should academics do with conspiracy theories. Together, the book embodies several bold and compelling provocations to dealing differently with conspiracy theories.
This timely volume introduces perspectives of scholars representing media studies, anthropology, psychology and sociology and discusses case studies concerning politics, health, environment and security. It will be a key resource for researchers, scholars and practitioners engaged in these fields and will also appeal to anyone interested in conspiracy theories and other related phenomena such as disinformation or fake news. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal for Cultural Research.
INTRODUCTION -- 1. "Great Pioneers": Traditions of Nature Preservation, circa 1900 -- 2. Van Tienhoven's Address Book: Expert Gentlemen and Their Networks -- 3. Birds of a Feather?: International Law and Avian Mobility -- 4. Breeding Wisents: Between the Zoo and the Wilderness -- 5. The National Park as a Laboratory: Internationalism in the Heart of Africa -- 6. New Institutions, Old Networks -- 7. Man against Nature: Global Ecology and Its Ambiguities -- EPILOGUE: Reverberations
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction - the European environmental conscience in EU politics -- PART 1 Energy and environment in the European Union -- 1 A linked emissions trading scheme under alternative scenarios: implications for Europe and Brazil -- 2 Has the time now come for emissions trading schemes to make full contribution to combating climate change? -- 3 Towards Ego-Ecology? How domestic demands challenge the European environmental conscience and EU politics -- 4 The continued lack of an environmental conscience in EU transport policy after the Dieselgate scandal -- 5 The integrating power of the environmentally conscious energy: rethinking global positioning of the EU -- PART 2 Environmental policies in the European Union -- 6 The effective impact of European waste directives on sustainability transition -- 7 The time has come! The development of the European environmental conscience: evidence from the Eurobarometer surveys from 1974 to 2020 -- 8 A growing European environmental conscience -- Conclusion: a (European) ideology for the twenty-first century? -- Index.