Environment and citizenship : integrating justice, responsibility and civic engagement /

This ambitious book examines the evolving concept of environmental citizenship from a variety of conceptual perspectives. Inspired by Andrew Dobson's Citizenship and the Environment (2004) and other works, the authors argue that a new conception of citizenship, one informed by environmental values, can improve public decisions in an era of globalization. The first half of the book reflects on the concept of environmental citizenship as a way to build a new sense of responsibility and obligation for the environment. The second half deals with applications of these ideas to environmental governance, corporate social responsibility, and the challenge of environmental problems that cross national borders in developing areas of the world. The book includes many conceptual tables, as well as illustrative cases from the UK, US, EU, and Southeast Asia. Smith (Open Univ., UK) and Pangsapa (women's studies, SUNY at Buffalo) show concern for the exploitation of labor as well as the environment, and argue that reform should attend to the interdependence of these problems. The book is best suited for research libraries and for scholars and graduate students interested in the intersection between political philosophy and environmentalism. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate and research collections. D. B. Robertson University of Missouri--St. Louis