Accountability, Philosophy and the Natural Environment (Routledge Research in Sustainability and Business) - Hardcover

Lehman, Glen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0367481014 ISBN 13: 9780367481018

Publisher: Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

Using a philosophical and interdisciplinary approach, this book looks at how accountability can provide solutions to our current environmental and global political problems. When a social system has external elements imposed upon it, or presented to it, political problems are likely to emerge. This book demonstrates that what is needed are connecting social elements with a natural affinity to bring people together despite their differences.

This book is different from others in the field. It provides new insights by critiquing the extant understandings of accountability and expands the possibilities by building on Charles Taylor’s philosophies. Central to the argument of the book are perspectives on authenticity and expressivism which are found to provide a radical reworking of our understanding of being in the world, and a starting point for rethinking the way individuals and communities ought to be dealing politically with accountability and ecological crises. The argument builds to an accountability perspective that utilises work from interpretivism, liberalism, and postmodern theory.

The book will be of interest to researchers in environmental philosophy, critical perspectives on accounting, corporate governance, corporate social reporting, and environmental accounting.

About this title

About the Author

Glen Lehman is Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow in the School of Accounting and Information System, University of South Australia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367481014
• ISBN 13: 9780367481018
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 286