Green Political Theory
Robert E. Goodin
With their remarkable electoral successes, Green parties worldwideseized the political imagination of friends and foes alike.Mainstream politicians busily disparage them and imitate them inturn. This new book shows that 'greens' deserve to be taken moreseriously than that.
This is the first full-length philosophical discussion of the greenpolitical programme. Goodin shows that green public policyproposals are unified by a single, coherent moral vision - a 'greentheory of value' - that is largely independent of the `green theoryof agency' dictating green political mechanisms, strategies andtactics on the one hand, and personal lifestyle recommendations onthe other. The upshot is that we demand that politicians implementgreen public policies, and implement them completely, withoutcommitting ourselves to the other often more eccentric aspects ofgreen doctrine that threaten to alienate so many potentialsupporters.
This is the first full-length philosophical discussion of the greenpolitical programme. Goodin shows that green public policyproposals are unified by a single, coherent moral vision - a 'greentheory of value' - that is largely independent of the `green theoryof agency' dictating green political mechanisms, strategies andtactics on the one hand, and personal lifestyle recommendations onthe other. The upshot is that we demand that politicians implementgreen public policies, and implement them completely, withoutcommitting ourselves to the other often more eccentric aspects ofgreen doctrine that threaten to alienate so many potentialsupporters.
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Year:
1992
Edition:
Paperback
Publisher:
Polity Press
Language:
english
Pages:
240
ISBN 10:
0745610277
ISBN 13:
9780745610276
File:
PDF, 20.81 MB
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english, 1992