Overview

This book examines the relationship between environmental and democratic thought and the apparent compatibility of ecology and democracy. Although environmental politics is quite rightly seen as a progressive force, it has also featured a strand of extreme right 'eco-authoritarianism' and its proponents have sometimes developed controversial positions on such issues as population policy. There have also been a number of situations where radical environmental activists have broken the laws of democratic societies in pursuit of ecological objectives and the book examines this in a number of case studies on biotechnology, genetic engineering and biodiversity. This is a significant contribution to the literature on environmental politics, ecological thought and democracy.

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'There are lessons in this book, not just for political theorists but for advocates, radicals, scientists and anyone who aspires to set an agenda that may go against commonly-held beliefs about acceptable discourse. It is an essential text for any scholars at doctoral level or above who have interest in environmental politics' Environmental Politics

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Mathew Humphrey is Reader in Political Philosophy at the University of Nottingham, UK

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