Overview

The nature of environmental human rights and their relation to larger rights theories has been a frequent topic of discussion in law, environmental ethics and political theory. However, the subject of environmental human rights has not been fully established among other human rights concerns within political philosophy and theory. In examining environmental rights from a political theory perspective, this book explores an aspect of environmental human rights that has received less attention within the literature. In linking the constraints of political reality with a focus on the theoretical underpinnings of how we think about politics, this book explores how environmental human rights must respond to the key questions of politics, such as the state and sovereignty, equality, recognition and representation, and examines how the competing understandings about these rights are also related to political ideologies. Drawing together contributions from a range of key thinkers in the field, this is a valuable resource for students and scholars of human rights, environmental ethics, and international environmental law and politics more generally.

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Author:   Markku Oksanen ,  Ashley Dodsworth ,  Selina O'Doherty
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.326kg
ISBN:  

9780367244637

ISBN 10:   0367244632
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   05 February 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Environmental Human Rights and Political Theory Chapter One: The Rights of Humans as Ecologically Embedded Beings Chapter Two: The Problem of Rights to ‘Natural’ Resources in the Anthropocene Era Chapter Three: Reconciliation of Nature and Society: How Far Can Rights Take Us? Chapter Four: The Foundation of Rights to Nature Chapter Five: Human Rights and Rights to Natural Resources Chapter Six: Making Sense of the Human Right to Landscape Chapter Seven: What So Good About Environmental Human Rights?: Constitutional Versus International Environmental Rights Chapter Eight: ‘Environmental Human Rights – Concepts of Responsibility Chapter Nine: Future People’s Rights Chapter Ten: Justifying the Imposition of Risks of Rights Violations on Future People on Contractualist Grounds

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Markku Oksanen is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Eastern Finland. Ashley Dodsworth is a Senior Teaching Associate in Politics at the University of Bristol, UK. Selina O’Doherty is a Lecturer in International Development at the Department of Political and Cultural Studies at Swansea University, UK.

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