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Green Politics: Dictatorship or Democracy?
James Radcliffe
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Description for Green Politics: Dictatorship or Democracy?
Paperback. At the heart of the green debate are a set of basic contradictions concerning beliefs and actions. This book reveals the problems associated with these contradictions, including adherence to decentralized political forms while accepting authoritarian intervention on behalf of the environment. Editor(s): Campling, Jo. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JP; RNA; RNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
At the heart of the green debate are a set of basic contradictions concerning beliefs and actions. This book reveals the problems associated with these contradictions, including adherence to decentralized political forms while accepting authoritarian intervention on behalf of the environment; a belief that this is the politics of the new age but in practice split between left and right; a rejection of the rationalist scientific project and a reliance on the lessons of the science of ecology.
At the heart of the green debate are a set of basic contradictions concerning beliefs and actions. This book reveals the problems associated with these contradictions, including adherence to decentralized political forms while accepting authoritarian intervention on behalf of the environment; a belief that this is the politics of the new age but in practice split between left and right; a rejection of the rationalist scientific project and a reliance on the lessons of the science of ecology.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
219
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333995778
SKU
V9780333995778
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99-15
About James Radcliffe
JAMES RADCLIFFE is Senior Lecturer in Health Policy at Staffordshire University. His publications include The Reorganisation of British Central Government.
Reviews for Green Politics: Dictatorship or Democracy?
'For the first time, Radcliffe's book puts the vital democracy/dictatorship debate in green politics into its proper historical context. His conclusion that greens cannot and should not do without democracy is crucial for the environmental movements, as well as for ongoing debates regarding constitutional reform.' - Andrew Dobson, author of Green Political Thought, Department of Politics, Keele University 'This ... Read more