Rethinking Green Politics: Nature, Virtue and Progress (SAGE Politics Texts series)

Introduction Rethinking Green Politics Rethinking Green Ethics I From Deep Ecology to Ecological Virtue Rethinking Green Ethics II Naturalism and the Ethical Basis of Green Political Theory Rethinking Green Politics and the State A Reconstructive Critique of Eco-Anarchism The State, Governance and the Politics of Collective Ecological Management Green Political Economy Green Politics and Democracy Green Citizenship and Ecological Stewardship Conclusion Nature, Virtue and Progress W. J. M. MacKenzie Prize winner for the best book in Political Science published in 1999 'Of the sixteen books submitted, some of high quality, this one was agreed to be in a class of its own.... The book breaks new ground in 'green′ political theory, and in an engaging manner, educates those anxious to be good citizens and challenges those responsible for public policy, in a highly topical and globally important discourse.... Barry′s immanent critique, his insistence that we build on what there is, his resistance to the easy anti-statist line, his sane and balanced outlook, is intellectually brave in this often rather clamant territory. The analysis of ecological morality, individual stewardship, and collective responsibility provides an original and seminal treatise that advances the discipline as a whole′ - Professor Andrew Dunsire Barry offer a wide-ranging and critical analysis of the theoretical framework that underpins the values, principles and concerns of contemporary green politics, and challenges the ecocentric and anarchistic traits of much green ideology