Green Politics Dictatorship or Democracy [Hardcover]

At the heart of the green debate are a set of basic contradictions concerning beliefs and actions. This book reveals the problems associated with these contradictions, including adherence to decentralized political forms while accepting authoritarian intervention on behalf of the environment; a belief that this is the politics of the new age but in practice split between left and right; a rejection of the rationalist scientific project and a reliance on the lessons of the science of ecology.List of Tables Acknowledgements Preface to the Paperback Edition Introduction Industrial Society Challenged Centralism versus Decentralism Humanity and Nature: The Problem of Alienation The Need for an Environmental Ethic Eco-feminism and Postmodernism Animal Rights: An Ecological Problem? Ecology and International Summitry The International Green Movement The Green Party and Party Politics in the UK Ecological Pressure Groups Conclusions Bibliography IndexJAMES RADCLIFFE is Senior Lecturer in Health Policy at Staffordshire University. His publications include The Reorganisation of British Central Government.