Forging Environmentalism - Justice, Livelihood, and Contested Environments (Hardcover)

Drawing on an unusually rich empirical base, this timely and compelling book examines how environmental values are constructed and legitimized within the policy process. It trains the spotlight on four environmentally significant countries - China, Japan, India, and the United States - representing a wide diversity of cultural, social, economic, illegible] political characteristics. Through a combination of case studies and comparative analysis, the contributors illuminate cultural assumptions, standards, and analytic techniques that shape environmental actions and policies around the world. Forging Environmentalism provides valuable direction regarding what can be done to secure public support for and illegible] in environmental policies. Incorporating expert legal, economic, philosophical, sociological, and political perspective points the way toward the possibilities for a convergence of environmental norms and values across diverse cultures.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2006
First published:	March 2006
Authors:	Joanne R. Bauer
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-0-7656-1535-0
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmentalist thought & ideology
LSN:	0-7656-1535-5
Barcode:	9780765615350

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