The Politics of the Earth

Description

The Politics of the Earth is an innovative and highly respected introduction to environmental politics through a discourse-centred approach. From sustainability to green radicalism, this is the most comprehensive guide to understanding how discourses shape environmental affairs.

• The book's discourse-centred approach offers a unique way of classifying and comparing the main strands of environmental politics
• The author makes a complex subject accessible to students through an engaging style and use of pedagogical features such as further reading lists and discussion questions
• The text balances a comprehensive overview of environmental discourses, including ecological limits and sustainability, with cutting edge analysis of new discourses such as 'Gray Radicalism', providing not only a student guide but a significant scholarly contribution to the field
• Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support

New to this edition

• A new chapter on 'Gray Radicalism' introduces an innovative approach to understanding and analysing contemporary, radical anti-environmental discourse
• The redeveloped conclusion focuses on the Anthropocene, with a comprehensive discussion of its relationship to environmental discourse and ecological reflexivity
• Expanded further reading lists and new end-of-chapter discussion questions help students delve deeper into the topic and extend their learning
• All chapters have been thoroughly revised to include key developments in the area, with contemporary examples illustrating how discourses shape current debates on the environment

About the Author(s)

John S. Dryzek, Professor of Political Science at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra's Institute for Governance and Global Analysis

John S. Dryzek is Centenary Professor at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra's Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, former Head of the Departments of Political Science at the Universities of Oregon and Melbourne and the Social and Political Theory program at the Australian National University, and former editor of the Australian Journal of Political Science

Table of Contents

Part I Introduction
1:Making Sense of Earth's Politics: A Discourse Approach
Part II Global Limits and their Denial
2:Looming Tragedy: Limits, Boundaries, Survival
3:Growth Unlimited: The Promethean Response
Part III Solving Environmental Problems
4:Leave it to the Experts: Administrative Rationalism
5:Leave it to the People: Democratic Pragmatism
6:Leave it to the Market: Economic Rationalism
Part IV The Quest for Sustainability
7:Greener Growth: Sustainable Development
8:Industrial Society and Beyond: Ecological Modernization
Part V Radicalism
9:Changing People: Green Consciousness
10:New Society: Green Politics
11:Backlash: Gray Radicalism
Part VI Conclusion
12:Encountering the Anthropocene

Reviews

"This new edition perfectly balances an introduction to key concepts in environmental politics with some of the key debates and tensions within the field. It makes for extremely compelling and accessible reading that will be useful to both Undergraduate and Postgraduate students, as well as those simply wishing to learn more about environmental protection." - Dr Jeremy Moulton, University of York