Stocks or Stakeholders: The Benefits of Considering Animal Interests

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-72233-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 28, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Human-Animal Studies

Animals are typically treated as property in modern societies. Stocks or Stakeholders extends stakeholder theories to animals, arguing that full consideration of their interests will benefit humans. For example, one analysis in the book shows that more protected land is associated with fewer animal-vehicle collisions—events that currently cost millions of dollars each year and injure both humans and animals. Regardless of how readers personally feel about animals, Stocks or Stakeholders makes a compelling case for seriously considering their interests.

Autoren/Hrsg.

D Briscoe, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 How We Value Animals 1 Introduction 2 How Humans Value Animals 3 The Nature/Society Divide 4 Anthropocentrism, Anthropomorphism, and Anthropodenial 5 Sociology, Structure, and Agency 6 Critical Environmental Justice 7 The One Welfare Framework 8 Stakeholder Theory 9 Stocks or Stakeholders References

2 What (and Who) is a Stakeholder? 1 Introduction 2 A Brief History of Stakeholder Theory 3 Who Counts as a Stakeholder? 4 Coal Power and Stakeholder Interest, an Example 5 The Nature-Society Divide and Stakeholder Status 6 Animals and the Environment as Stakeholders 7 Weighing Stakeholder Interests 8 Stakeholders and Sustainability 9 Conclusion References

3 Why the Chicken Couldn’t Cross the Road: Animal Movement, Collisions, and Barriers 1 Introduction 2 Animal Movement 3 Animal-Vehicle Collisions 4 Structural Factors Influencing Collision 5 Washington as a Case Study 6 Insects and Oceans 7 Walls and Barriers 8 Changing Times? References

4 Transboundary Issues in Energy Production 1 Introduction 2 Salmon and Dams 3 Birds and Windmills 4 Fossil Fuels, Animal Death, and Energy Efficiency 5 Conclusion References

5 Animal Agriculture and Zoonotic Disease 1 Introduction 2 COVID-19 3 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), or Mad Cow Disease 4 Avian Influenza, Bird Flu 5 Swine Flu 6 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, or MRSA 7 Moving Forward 8 Conclusion References

6 Humans and Animals in Disaster 1 Introduction 2 Animals Caught in the Crossfire – Ukraine 3 Left behind in Ukraine 4 Natural Disasters and Companion Animal Rescue 5 Farm Animals 6 Trauma 7 Progress or Procrastination? the PETS Act 8 Planning, Response, and Recovery References

7 Wildlife Extermination: Stakeholder Interests and Entangled Destinies 1 Introduction 2 American Bison and Native American Extermination 3 Biodiversity and the 6th Great Extinction 4 Wolves: from Regional Extinction to Reintroduction 5 The Precautionary Principle 6 Conclusion References

8 Animals in Laboratory Research 1 Introduction 2 Extrapolation from Animal to Human 3 Tragedy of Thalidomide 4 Public Opinion on Animal Testing 5 Additional Issues and Alternatives to Animal Testing 6 Conclusion References

9 The Elephant in the Movement: Animal Welfare and Total Liberation 1 Introduction 2 Welfarist/Reform Perspective 3 Liberation/Abolition Perspective 4 Empiricism and Ideology 4.1 Empirical Support for the Welfarist Perspective 4.2 Empirical Support for the Liberation Perspective 5 The Stakeholder Perspective Revisited 6 Outcomes vs Process 7 Conclusion References

10 Including Animals as Stakeholders 1 Introduction 2 Counterintuitive Capitalism 3 The Tragedy of the Commons 4 Transparency and Stakeholders 5 The Compassionate Conservation Model 6 Including Animals as Stakeholders 7 Participatory Action Research & Community Field Theory 8 Conclusion References

Appendix A: Overpass Survey Methodology

Appendix B: Animal Collision Methodology

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael D. Briscoe is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Colorado State University Pueblo. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from Utah State University with an emphasis on environment and community. His research focuses on the intersection of human, animal, and environmental well-being. He teaches courses on sociological theory, environmental sociology, and One Welfare.