Critical Environmental Politics

Carl Death is a Lecturer in International Politcs at the University of Manchester, UK.

'Critical Environmental Politics asks the deeply disturbing questions and heads directly into the difficult possible answers. None of its contributors argue that a little more fine-tuning will avert socio-ecological catastrophe. Both new and established critical theorists join forces in a truly necessary "wake up" call. Read it.' Richard B. Norgaard, University of California, Berkeley, USA."All eras are defined by keywords that both reflect dominant norms and serve to reproduce them. Yet these keywords are polysemic and have the potential to be redefined, so altering habits of thought and action in the world at large. This excellent book offers a rich set of genealogies of those concepts that have come to describe human-environment relationships in the early 21st century. It’s an essential guide for anyone trying to make sense of those relationships and how they might be made less destructive for people and non-humans. Read it to find out whose tactics and strategies have succeeded since the first Earth Day, and what potential for insurgency currently exists." Professor Noel Castree, University of Manchester, UK."Who should read this book? Anybody who is increasingly growing weary of the hype that surrounds sustainability and the green economy. How refreshing the essays in the book are! What a penetrating analysis of the key-concepts of the environmental politics! The critical school of social thought at its best, debunking but constructive, and full of imagination. Last not least, the book is well-written and neatly structured, a superb primer of environmental citizenship." Professor Wolfgang Sachs, editor of The Development Dictionary, Wuppertal Institut, Germany."An impressive set of contributors take us on a critical tour through the vast territory of environmental politics. Visiting along the way numerous essential ideas, thinkers, issues, and cases, this collection firmly and thoroughly establishes the proper place of critique in all its varieties at the heart of environmental affairs." Professor John Dryzek, Australian National University, Australia.

• 1. Introduction – Carl Death 2.Biodiversity – Bram Büscher 3. Biopolitics – Kevin Grove 4. Citizenship – Emma Hinton 5. Climate change – Chukwumerije Okereke and Mark Charlesworth 6. Commodification – Matthew Paterson 7. Conservation – James Igoe 8. Consumption – Andrew Brooks and Raymond Bryant 9. Eco-centrism – Katie McShane10. Feminism – Erika Cudworth 11. Governance – Susan Baker 12. Governmentality – Eva Lövbrand and Johannes Stripple 13. Hybridity – Alan Rudy and Damian White 14. Justice – Patrick Bond 15. Limits – Gabriela Kütting 16. Localism – Karen Litfin 17. Movements –Stephan Price, Clare Saunders and Cristiana Olcese18. Posthumanism – Steve Hobden 19. Resource violence – Michael Watts and Nancy Peluso 20. Risk – Luigi Pellizzoni 21. Sacrifice – Paul Wapner 22. Science – Tim Forsyth 23. Security – Simon Dalby24. States – Thom Kuehls 25. Summits – Carl Death 26. Sustainability – Mark Whitehead 27. Technology – Timothy W. Luke 28.Vulnerability – Chris Methmann and Angela Oels