Citizenship and the Environment

by Andrew P. Dobson

This is the first book-length treatment of the relationship between citizenship and the environment. Andrew Dobson argues that ecological citizenship cannot be fully articulated in terms of the two great traditions of citizenship - liberal and civic republican - with which we have been bequeathed. He develops an original theory of citizenship, which he calls 'post-cosmopolitan', and argues that ecological citizenship is an example and an inflection of it. Ecological citizenship focuses on duties as well as rights, and these duties are owed non-reciprocally, by those individuals and communities who occupy unsustainable amounts of ecological space, to those who occupy too little.

238 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

British political author and Professor at Keele University. His main interest is population dynamics in birds and mammals as well as parasites and their hosts. He also deals with the application of theoretical ecology in nature conservation biology and for the control of infectious diseases.

Reviews

[Falin · Rating 3 out of 5]

2,5

Siento que se podría decir todo esto en muchas menos páginas, sobre todo por la cantidad de citas que hay. Había momentos en los que me perdía y no sabía si eran palabras de Dobson o una cita.

Por lo demás, lo que es contenido y propuesta del libro está bien, pero si que hay cosas que veo que difícilmente de pueden cumplir.