Toward a Bioregional State - A Series of Letters About Political Theory and Formal Institutional Design in the Era of Sustainability (Paperback)

Environmental sociologist Mark D. Whitaker is a comparative historical researcher on the politics of environmental degradation and sustainability. Toward A Bioregional State is his novel approach to development and to sustainability. He proposes that instead of sustainability being an issue of population scale, managerial economics, or technocratic planning, an overhaul of formal democratic institutions is required. This is because environmental degradation has more to do with the biased interactions of formal institutions and informal corruption. Because of corruption, we have environmental degradation. Current formal democratic institutions of states are forms of informal gatekeeping, and as such, intentionally maintain democracy as ecologically out of sync. He argues that we are unable to reach sustainability without a host of additional ecological checks and balances. These ecological checks and balances would demote corrupt uses of formal institutions by removing capacities for gatekeeping against democratic feedback. Sustainability is a politics that is already here - only waiting to be formally organized.

General

Imprint:	Iuniverse, Inc.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2005
First published:	May 2005
Authors:	Mark D. Whitaker
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	388
ISBN-13:	978-0-595-34614-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy
LSN:	0-595-34614-6
Barcode:	9780595346141

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