Toward unity among environmentalists /

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The focus of this treatise is the distinction between objectives and values in developing environmental policies. The author argues that environmentalism is a coalition of many groups working toward common objectives, but unlike other social movements, it does not have shared moral principles.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Norton, Bryan G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1991
Subjects:
Green movement > United States > History.
Environmentalism > United States > History.
Environmentalists > United States > History.
Écologisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Environmentalism
Environmentalists
Green movement
United States
Environment > Conservation > Organisations
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The environmentalists' dilemma
  • Moralists and aggregators: the case of Muir and Pinchot
  • Aldo Leopold and the search for an integrated theory of environmental management
  • Conservationists and preservationists today
  • Worldviews: a whirlwind tour
  • The pressures of grwoth
  • Pollution control
  • Biological diversity
  • Land use policy
  • Diverging worldviews, converging policies
  • Intertemporal ethics
  • Interspecific ethics.

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