The Green State by Robyn Eckersley - ISBN: 9780262550567
Paperback
A vision of a green democratic state, how to realize it, and the implications for democracy, citizenship, sovereignty, and international cooperation.

The Green State

Rethinking Democracy and Sovereignty

  • Paperback

    348 pages

  • Release Date

    5 March 2004

Summary

What would constitute a definitively “green” state? In this important new book, Robyn Eckersley explores what it might take to create a green democratic state as an alternative to the classical liberal democratic state, the indiscriminate growth-dependent welfare state, and the neoliberal market-focused state-seeking, she writes, “to navigate between undisciplined political imagination and pessimistic resignation to the status quo.” In recent years, most environmental scholars and environment…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262550567
ISBN-10:0262550563
Author:Robyn Eckersley
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:348
Release Date:5 March 2004
Weight:476g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 19mm
Series:The MIT Press
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“A magnificent achievement which will be a key point of reference for years to come.” - Andrew Dobson, Department of Government and Politics, Open University.”

About The Author

Robyn Eckersley

Robyn Eckersley is Reader/Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Melbourne. She is the author of The Green State- Rethinking Democracy and Sovereignty (MIT Press, 2004).

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