Sustaining Liberal Democracy: Ecological Challenges and Opportunities - Paperback

by M. Wissenburg (Editor), J. Barry (Editor)

Assuming that liberalism, liberal democracy and the free market are here to stay, this book asks how sustainability can be interpreted in ways that respect liberal democratic values and institutions. Among the problems addressed are the compatibility of liberal proceduralism with substansive 'green' ideals, the existence and potential of eco-friendly principles and ideas in classical liberal political theory, the role of rights and duties and of democracy and deliberation, and the 'greening' potential of modern environmental-focused practices in liberal democracies.

Author Biography

WOUTER ACHTERBERG Senior Lecturer, Environmental Philosophy, University of Amsterdam ROBIN ATTFIELD Professor of Philosophy, Cardiff University, Wales LUDVIG BECKHAM Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden MARIUS DE GEUS Lecturer in Political Theory, University of Leiden, The Netherlands TIM HAYWARD Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of Edinburgh NICOS LABARAS Department of Politics, University of Edinburgh MIKE MILLS Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, London Guildhall University, London MARKKU OKSANEN Research Fellow, Academy of Finland, University of Turku, Finland ANGEL RIVERO Lecturer, Department of Politics, Autonomous University, Madrid, Spain GAYIL TALSHIR Lecturer, Department of Politics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem