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1 online resource (xv, 427 pages) |
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polychrome |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
China : a foreword / Judith Shapiro. The politics and ethics of going green in China : air pollution control in Benxi City and wetland preservation in the Sanjiang Plain / Liu Yu [and others] -- Japan : a foreword / Jeffrey Broadbent. From Kogai to Kankyo mondai : nature, development, and social conflict in Japan / Kada Yukiko [and others] -- India : a foreword / Paul Greenough. Rethinking Indian environmentalism : industrial pollution in Delhi and fisheries in Kerala / Amita Baviskar, Subir Sinha, and Kavita Philip -- The United States : a foreword / Keith Kloor. Two faces of American environmentalism : the quest for justice in southern Louisiana and sustainability in the Sonoran desert / David Jenkins [and others] --The value of legality in environmental action / Sheila Jasanoff -- Environmental transformations and the values of modernity / Arun Agrawal -- Evaluating environmental justice claims / Robert Melchior Figueroa -- Framing shared values : reason and trust in environmental governance / Clark A. Miller -- How shall we study environmental values? / Joanne Bauer and Anna Ray Davies. |
Summary |
Drawing on an empirical base, this book examines how environmental values are constructed and legitimized within the policy process. It trains the spotlight on four environmentally significant countries - China, Japan, India, and the United States, and incorporates legal, economic, philosophical, sociological, and political perspective points. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Environmentalism -- United States -- Case studies.
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Environmentalism. |
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United States. |
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Case studies.
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Environmentalism -- Asia -- Case studies.
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Asia. |
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Environmental ethics -- United States -- Case studies.
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Environmental ethics. |
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Environmental ethics -- Asia -- Case studies.
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Environmental justice -- United States -- Case studies.
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Environmental justice. |
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Environmental justice -- Asia -- Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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Added Author |
Bauer, Joanne R., 1962-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Forging environmentalism. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2006 (DLC) 2005019733 |
ISBN |
9780765621467 (electronic book) |
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0765621460 (electronic book) |
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1280912545 |
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9781280912542 |
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0765615355 (alkaline paper) |
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0765615363 |
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9780765615367 |
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9780765615350 |
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