Synopses & Reviews
This book brings together leading international figures in political theory and sociology, as well as representatives from the political community, to consider the normative issues at stake in the relationship between environmental sustainability and social justice. These essays emerged from three intensive seminars which brought these distinct groups into fruitful contact.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [310]-324) and index.
Table of Contents
Introduction,
Andrew DobsonPART ONE
1. Sustainable Development as a Contested Concept, Michael Jacobs
2. Sustainability: Should We Start from Here?, Alan Holland
PART TWO
3. Sustainable Development and Our Obligations to Future, Wilfred Beckerman
4. Sustainability and Intergenerational Justice, Brian Barry
5. Ecology and Opportunity: Intergenerational Equity and Sustainable Options, Bryan Norton
6. Social Justice and Environmental Goods, David Miller
7. An Extension of the Rawlsian Savings Principle to Liberal Theories of Justice in General, Marcel Wissenburg
8. Sustainable Development and Accumulation of Capital: Reconciling the Irreconcilable, Ted Benton
PART THREE
9. Must the Poor pay More? Sustainable Development, Social Justice, and Environmental Taxation, Stephen Tindale and Chris Hewett
10. Ecological Degradation: A Cause for Conflict, a Concern for Survival, Koos Neefjes
Index