Prospects for Green Liberal Democracy - Softcover

Jagers, Sverker C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761836101 ISBN 13: 9780761836100

Publisher: University Press of America, 2006

Synopsis

Both eco-authoritarian and democratic scholars have claimed that a liberal democracy cannot pay due attention to the environment. However, such claims call for profound analysis. Jagers argues that much in the debate on liberal democracy and environmental concern can be more stringently elaborated. For instance, there has been a tendency to compound philosophical and institutional objections against liberal democracy. Often it is unclear what the critical voices actually mean when they speak of liberal democracy. In addition, the compatibility between specific forms of liberal democracy and sustainable development has not been thoroughly investigated. Most studies have been limited to comparing liberal and ecological values, or ecological values and liberal institutions. To avoid many of these shortcomings, this study analyzes the compatibility between sustainable development policies and liberal democracy by combining political theory and resource scenarios based on environmental science.

About this title

About the Author:

Sverker C. Jagers is a researcher and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Göteborg University. His research interests include green political theory, international relations, environmental public opinion, and environmental management.

Review:

After exploring various dimensions of sustainability and establishing criteria to determine whether a given political system is logically compatible with them, Jagers concludes that developmental liberal democracies have more inherent potential for sustainability then their protective counterparts....[Jagers'] argument is thorough, rigorous, and well-informed. Summing Up: RECOMMENDED. Graduate Students and faculty. (Sandra K. Hinchman, St. Lawrence University CHOICE)

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0761836101
• ISBN 13: 9780761836100
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 254