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Set at the intersection of political theory and environmental politics, yet with broad engagement across the environmental social sciences and humanities, The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Political Theory, defines, illustrates, and challenges the field of environmental political theory (EPT). Featuring contributions from distinguished political scientists working in this field, this volume addresses canonical theorists and contemporary environmental problems with a diversity of theoretical approaches. The initial volume focuses on EPT as a field of inquiry, engaging both traditions of political thought and the academy. In the second section, the handbook explores conceptualizations of nature and the environment, as well as the nature of political subjects, communities, and boundaries within our environments. A third section addresses the values that motivate environmental theorists--including justice, responsibility, rights, limits, and flourishing--and the potential conflicts that can emerge within, between, and against these ideals. The final section examines the primary structures that constrain or enable the achievement of environmental ends, as well as theorizations of environmental movements, citizenship, and the potential for on-going environmental action and change.

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Author:   Teena Gabrielson (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, University of Wyoming) ,  Cheryl Hall (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, University of South Florida) ,  John M. Meyer (Professor, Professor, Humboldt State University in Arcata, California) ,  David Schlosberg (Professor, Professor, University of Sydney)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.158kg
ISBN:  

9780198823865

ISBN 10:   019882386
Pages:   688
Publication Date:   28 March 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

I. Introduction 1: Teena Gabrielson, Cheryl Hall, John M. Meyer, and David Schlosberg: Introducing Environmental Political Theory II. Environmental Political Theory as a Field of Inquiry A. Engaging Traditions of Political Thought 2: Harlan Wilson: EPT and the History of Western Political Theory 3: Farah Godrej: Culture and Difference: Non-Western Approaches to Defining Environmental Issues 4: Piers H.G. Stephens: EPT and the Liberal Tradition 5: Peter Cannavò: EPT and Republicanism 6: Andrew Biro: Human Nature, Non-Human Nature, and Needs: EPT and Critical Theory B. Engaging the Academy 7: Kimberly Smith: Environmental Political Theory, Environmental Ethics, and Political Science: Bridging the Gap 8: Seaton Tarrant and Leslie Paul Thiele: Environmental Political Theory's Contribution to Sustainability Studies 9: Romand Coles: EPT and Environmental Action Research Teams III. Rethinking Nature and Political Subjects A. Nature, Environment, and the Political 10: Steven Vogel: 'Nature' and the (Built) Environment 11: Justin Williams: Theorizing the Nonhuman through Spatial and Environmental Thought 12: Samantha Frost: Challenging the Human x Environment Framework 13: David Schlosberg: Environmental Management in the Anthropocene B. Environment, Community, and Boundaries 14: Rafi Youatt: Interspecies 15: Catriona Sandilands: Floral Sensations: Plant Biopolitics 16: Simon Caney: Cosmopolitanism and the Environment IV. Ends, Goals, Ideals A. Sustainability 17: Ingolfur Blühdorn: Sustainability - Post-sustainability - Unsustainability 18: Diana Coole: Population, Environmental Discourse, and Sustainability 19: Andrew Dobson: Are There Limits to Limits? 20: John Barry: Beyond Orthodox Undifferentiated Economic Growth B. Justice, Rights, and Responsibility 21: Steve Vanderheiden: Environmental and Climate Justice 22: Kerri Woods: Environmental Human Rights 23: Robyn Eckersley: Responsibility for Climate Change as a Structural Injustice 24: Giovanna Di Chiro: Environmental Justice and the Anthropocene Meme C. Freedom, Agency, and Flourishing 25: Jason Lambacher: The Limits of Freedom and the Freedom of Limits 26: Teena Gabrielson: Bodies, Environment, and Agency 27: Breena Holland and Amy Linch: Cultivating Human and Non-Human Capabilities for Mutual Flourishing 28: Paul Knights and John O'Neill: Consumption and Well-Being V. Power, Structures, and Change A. Identifying Structural Constraints and Possibilities 29: Adrian Parr: Capital, Environmental Degradation, and Economic Externalization 30: Timothy Luke: Environmental Governmentality 31: Matthew Paterson: Political Economy of the Greening of the State 32: Mark Brown: Environmental Science and Politics 33: Elisabeth Ellis: Democracy as Constraint and Possibility for Environmental Action 34: Mark Beeson: Environmental Authoritarianism and China 35: John Dryzek: Global Environmental Governance B. Theorizing Citizenship, Movements, and Action 36: Joan Martinez-Alier: Global Environmental Justice & the Environmentalisms of the Poor 37: Kyle Whyte: Indigenous Environmental Movements & the Function of Governance Institutions 38: Emily Howard and Sean Parson: Reimagining Radical Environmentalism 39: Cheryl Hall: Framing and Nudging for a Greener Future 40: Sherilyn Macgregor: Citizenship: Radical, Feminist, and Green 41: Lisa Disch: Ecological Democracy and the Co-Participation of Things

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Teena Gabrielson is Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Wyoming. Her work on environmental citizenship, justice, and toxics discourse has been published in distinguished scholarly journals such as Environmental Politics, Theory & Event, and Citizenship Studies. Cheryl Hall is Associate Professor of political theory in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies at the University of South Florida. She is the author of The Trouble with Passion: Political Theory Beyond the Reign of Reason and other work exploring the roles that emotions, values, imagination, deliberation, stories, and structures play in encouraging or discouraging more just and sustainable ways of life. John M. Meyer is Professor in the Department of Politics, in Environmental Studies, and in the Environment and Community program at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. He is the author of Engaging the Everyday: Environmental Social Criticism and the Resonance Dilemma (MIT Press, 2015), as well as other books and articles in environmental political theory. David Schlosberg is Professor of Environmental Politics in the Department of Government and International Relations, and the Director of the Sydney Environment Institute, at the University of Sydney. He is the author of Defining Environmental Justice, co-author of Sustainable Materialism and Climate Challenged Society, and co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society, all with Oxford University Press.

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