Environment And Politics (Routledge Introductions To Environment: Environment And Society Texts) - 9780415825528

Environment and Politics is a concise introduction to this ever-expanding field, explaining the key concepts, conflicts, political systems and the practices of policy-making. This book provides a comprehensive introduction, examining a diverse range of environmental problems and policy solutions within different nations and cultures. The fourth edition has been extensively revised to include new theoretical perspectives and debates surrounding environment and politics. It contains expanded discussion of social environmental movements, the role of the media, environmental security, green welfare and the welfare of future generations. The text also focuses throughout on concepts and debates surrounding environmental citizenship, considering the role of the individual and the local. Greater focus is given to NGOs, environmental justice and governance, as well as gender and the environment. This engaging text has been fully updated to offer readers a greater understanding of international, national and local environmental politics as well as future developments for in both global and region-specific problem solving. The companion website supplements the text with additional resources to aid teaching and learning, including: seminar activities; links to web resources; suggested further reading; a glossary of key terms and tables and figures within the text.

• | Author: Timothy Doyle, Doug McEachern, Sherilyn MacGregor
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Oct 05, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 306 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0415825520
• | ISBN-13: 9780415825528