Liberal Democracy and Environmentalism: The End of Environmentalism? (Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science)

In recent decades, environmental issues have increasingly been incorporated into liberal democratic thought and political practice. Environmentalism and ecologism have become fashionable, even respectable schools of political thought. This apparently successful integration of environmental movements, issues and ideas in mainstream politics raises the question of whether there is a future for what once was a counter-movement and counter-ideology. __Liberal Democracy and Environmentalism__ provides a reflective assessment of recent developments, social relevance and future of environmental political theory, concluding that although the alleged pacification of environmentalism is more than skin deep, it is not yet quite deep enough. This book will appeal to students and researchers of social science and philosophers with an interest in environmental issues. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Notes on contributors......Page 10 Series editor's preface......Page 12 Introduction......Page 14 Index......Page 0 Book Cover......Page 16 Title......Page 19 Contents......Page 20 Notes on contributors......Page 25 Series editor's preface......Page 27 Introduction......Page 29 Book Cover......Page 31 Title......Page 34 Contents......Page 35 Notes on contributors......Page 40 Series editor's preface......Page 42 Introduction......Page 44 Book Cover......Page 46 Title......Page 49 Contents......Page 50 Notes on contributors......Page 55 Series editor's preface......Page 57 Introduction......Page 59 Book Cover......Page 61 Title......Page 64 Contents......Page 65 Notes on contributors......Page 70 Series editor's preface......Page 72 Introduction......Page 74 Book Cover......Page 76 Title......Page 79 Contents......Page 80 Notes on contributors......Page 85 Series editor's preface......Page 87 Introduction......Page 89 Book Cover......Page 91 Title......Page 94 Contents......Page 95 Notes on contributors......Page 100 Series editor's preface......Page 102 Introduction......Page 104 Book Cover......Page 106 Title......Page 109 Contents......Page 110 Notes on contributors......Page 115 Series editor's preface......Page 117 Introduction......Page 119 Book Cover......Page 121 Title......Page 124 Contents......Page 125 Notes on contributors......Page 130 Series editor's preface......Page 132 Introduction......Page 134 Book Cover......Page 136 Title......Page 139 Contents......Page 140 Notes on contributors......Page 145 Series editor's preface......Page 147 Introduction......Page 149 Book Cover......Page 151 Title......Page 154 Contents......Page 155 Notes on contributors......Page 160 Series editor's preface......Page 162 Introduction......Page 164 Book Cover......Page 166 Title......Page 169 Contents......Page 170 Notes on contributors......Page 175 Series editor's preface......Page 177 Introduction......Page 179 Book Cover......Page 181 Title......Page 184 Contents......Page 185 Notes on contributors......Page 190 Series editor's preface......Page 192 Introduction......Page 194 Book Cover......Page 196 Title......Page 199 Contents......Page 200 Notes on contributors......Page 205 Series editor's preface......Page 207 Introduction......Page 209 Book Cover......Page 211 Title......Page 214 Contents......Page 215 Notes on contributors......Page 220 Series editor's preface......Page 222 Introduction......Page 224 Book Cover......Page 226 Title......Page 229 Contents......Page 230 The role of environmentalism : from the Silent Spring to the Silent Revolution / Gayil Talshir The faces of endism : post-ecologism and the politics of simulation / Ingolfur Blhdorn The end of environmentalism (as we know it) / Yoram Levy Little green lies : on the redundancy of 'environment' / Marcel Wissenburg Democracy and environmentalism : the end of deep ecology? - not quite / Mike Mills and Fraser King The environment versus individual freedom and convenience / Marius de Geus Precaution, scientization or deliberation? Prospects for greening and democratizing science / Karin Bckstrand The good and green society : ecology, democracy and autonomy : a problem of wishful thinking / Mathew Humphrey A precautionary approach / Meira Hanson Liberal democracy and the shaping of environmentally enlightened citizens / Graham Smith Perspectives and possibilities Sustainability and plurality : from the moderate end of the liberal equilibrium to the open end of a situated liberal neutrality / Dorothee Horstktter The minimum irreversible harm principle : green inter-generational liberalism / Michael Wallack From environmental politics to the politics of the environment : the pacification and normalization of environmentalism? / John Barry.

In recent decades, environmental issues have increasingly been incorporated into liberal democratic thought and political practice. Environmentalism and ecologism have become fashionable, even respectable schools of political thought. This apparently successful integration of environmental movements, issues and ideas in mainstream politics raises the question of whether there is a future for what once was a counter-movement and counter-ideology. Liberal Democracy and Environmentalism provides a reflective assessment of recent developments, social relevance and future of environmental political theory, concluding that although the alleged pacification of environmentalism is more than skin deep, it is not yet quite deep enough. This book will appeal to students and researchers of social science and philosophers with an interest in environmental issues.