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The environmental politics of sacrifice /

This work provides an argument that the idea of sacrifice, with all its political baggage, opens new paths to environmental sustainability.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Maniates, Michael (Editor ), Meyer, John M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Must we sacrifice? confronting the politics of sacrifice in an ecologically full world / John M. Meyer and Michael Maniates
  • Asking the right questions
  • A democratic politics of sacrifice? / John M. Meyer
  • Sacrifice in an age of comfort / Paul Wapner
  • Freedom, values, and sacrifice : overcoming obstacles to environmentally sustainable behavior / Cheryl Hall
  • Seeing sacrifice in everyday life
  • Ordinary and extraordinary sacrifices : religion, everyday life, and environmental practice / Anna Peterson
  • The sacred and the profane in the ecological politics of sacrifice / Karen Litfin
  • Consumer sovereignty, heroic sacrifice : two insidious concepts in an endlessly expansionist economy / Thomas Princen
  • Parental sacrifice as atonement for future climate change / Sudhir Chella Rajan
  • Obstacles and opportunities
  • Self-interest, sacrifice and climate change : (re- )framing the British Columbia carbon tax / Shane Gunster
  • Civic virtue and sacrifice in a suburban nation / Peter Cannavò
  • Bikes, sticks, carrots / Justin Williams
  • Intelligent design? : unpacking geoengineering's hidden sacrifices / Simon Nicholson
  • Struggling with sacrifice : take back your time and right2vacation.org / Michael Maniates
  • Conclusion : sacrifice and a new environmental politics / Michael Maniates and John M. Meyer.