The Politics of Environmental Exploitation

Enlightening Instrumentalism
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-415-70603-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Environmental Politics

In the environmental literature the concept of environmental exploitation is rarely defined and poorly understood and thus represents a lacunae in our current understanding of the environment.

This book critically investigates the concept of environmental exploitation. It considers the history of the term in legal, economic, political and philosophical thought and critiques the concept through an examination of its ‘mirror’ images of environmental conservation and preservation. It proposes a working definition and model of the concept as a starting point for a robust debate on better understanding current environmental exploitation.

The authors examine a series of case studies of environmental exploitation including one case study on the historical exploitation of global whaling and three examples of ongoing regional wrongful exploitation: tropical timber deforestation; freshwater access issues and desertification in Africa and Asia. Finally the book explores how to transform exploitationist behaviour and bring about better environmental outcomes.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of environmental studies in law, politics, philosophy, and sociology, particularly scholars of green political theory, environmental philosophy, environmental policy and international environmental law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nagtzaam, Gerry (Monash University, Australia)

Nagtzaam, Gerry

Stephens, Piers

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Understanding Environmental Exploitation 2. A Philosophical Analysis of Instrumentalism/Exploitation 3. The History of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and the global exploitation of whales 4. The Global Tropical Timber Regime and Deforestation 5. Desertification: Africa 6. Freshwater: The Mekong River delta 7. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Piers Stephens is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Georgia, USA.

Gerry Nagtzaam is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Monash University, Australia.