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15%OFFMark J. Smith - Environment and Citizenship - 9781842779033 - V9781842779033
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Environment and Citizenship

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Description for Environment and Citizenship Paperback. A book that outlines the debates on environmental and ecological citizenship that have emerged out of the concern with environmental justice since the 1990s. It demonstrates how awareness of environmental hazards, injustices and new forms of risk is only useful when it generates strategies for political change. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPVH1; RNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 138. Weight in Grams: 408.
Citizenship and the environment are hotly debated, as climate change places more responsibility on individuals and institutions in shaping policy. Using new evidence and cases from across the globe, Environment and Citizenship explores the new vocabulary of ecological citizenship and examines how successful environmental policy-making depends on the responsible actions of citizens and civil society organizations as much as on governments and international treaties. This accessible and thought-provoking book: - provides a comprehensive and timely guide to the debates on environmental and ecological citizenship, expertly combining examples of practice with theory; - examines how environmental movements have become increasingly involved in governance processes at the local, national, regional and intergovernmental levels; - explores the increasing importance of corporations and transnational networks through examples of stakeholding processes and participatory research in environmental decision-making; - calls on researchers, policy-makers and activists to face a new challenge: how to effectively link environmental justice with social justice. Breaking new ground, Smith and Pangsapa address how environmental responsibility operates through politics, ethics, culture and the everyday experiences of ctivists, as well as how awareness of environmental and social injustice only leads to responsible actions and strategic change through civic engagement.

Product Details

Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
407g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842779033
SKU
V9781842779033
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1

About Mark J. Smith
Dr. Mark J. Smith is author or editor of numerous books including Ecologism: Towards Ecological Citizenship (1998), Social Science in Question (1998), Thinking through the Environment (1999), Rethinking State Theory (2000) and articles on environment, politics and corporate responsibility. Dr. Piya Pangsapa is the author of Textures of Struggle (2007) as well as articles on migration, women's rights and labour standards, ethnographic research methods and cultural inclusivity in American universities.

Reviews for Environment and Citizenship
'Clearly written, cleverly argued and comprehensively supported by evidence, Environment and Citizenship should be on everybody's reading list. A major contribution to the study of responsibility, justice and the environment.' Bryan S. Turner, Co-editor of Citizenship Studies 'Truly essential reading. Written at a time when citizenship, justice and virtue ethics have made their way - at last - on to the top table of environmental and social thinking, Smith and Pangsapa have woven them all into a magisterial manifesto for sustainability, justice and civic engagement. Buttressed by case studies from around the world, leavened with recommendations for institutional reform, and with its sights set on the urban as much as the rural context, the book in your hands is an agenda-setting contribution to environmental and social thought and action.' Andy Dobson, Keele University

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