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Book SynopsisDebating the Earth brings together over 40 essential readings that illustrate the diversity of political responses to environmental issues. They are organized in a way that emphasizes the differences and debates across the various schools of thought on environmental affairs and there is a mixture of classic pieces and cutting-edge essays. The key debates that are covered include the severity of environmental problems, reformist responses to environmental issues, the environment and economics and green critiques.The second edition includes a new section on ''The Global South and Indigenous Perspectives'' which broadens the geographical scope. 25 extracts are new to this edition and there are more extracts by women.
Trade Review`The editors should be congratulated on putting together a collection in which every item is worth reading and where the whole is equal to the sum of the parts' Geoff A. Wilson- Professor of human geography, Plymouth University.
`I am convinced that this excellent, accessible and wide-ranging book will find its way into many libraries and on to personal bookshelves'R Geoff A. Wilson- Professor of human geography, Plymouth University.
Table of ContentsPART ONE: FEAST OR FAMINE? THE SEVERITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ; SECTION ONE: LIMITS AND SURVIVALISM ; SECTION TWO: THE PROMETHEAN RESPONSE ; PART TWO: REFORMIST RESPONSES ; 7. RATIONALITY AND THE LOGIC OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT ; SECTION FOUR: LIBERAL DEMOCRACY ; PART THREE: ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMICS ; SECTION FIVE: MARKET LIBERALISM ; SECTION SIX: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ; SECTION SEVEN: ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION ; PART FOUR: GREEN SOCIAL CRITIQUES ; SECTION EIGHT: DEEP ECOLOGY AND BIOREGIONALISM ; SECTION NINE: SOCIAL AND SOCIALIST ECOLOGY ; SECTION TEN: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ; SECTION ELEVEN: SOUTHERN AND INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES ; PART FIVE: SOCIETY, THE STATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT ; SECTION ELEVEN: THE GREEN MOVEMENT ; SECTION TWELVE: ECOLOGICAL DEMOCRACY
