by Tony Fitzpatrick, Michael Cahill (2002)
"Environmentalism is defining the politics of the twenty-first century. At the grassroots and at World Summits from Rio to Kyoto to Johannesburg, people are struggling with the social and economic implications of environmentalism. But where does social policy fit into the picture? As ecological problems multiply, and as welfare reform becomes more vital so the debate concerning Green social policies grows in importance." "What has been missing to date is a comprehensive review of the main questions, problems and themes that bring together the principal contributors to this debate. As a result, environmentalism has been slow to affect the social policy agenda. Academics are only now beginning to wrestle with the subject while the influence of Green ideas upon welfare reform is almost non-existent. Environment and Welfare provides that much-needed review and will be essential reading for all those interested in the welfare policies of the future."--Jacket.
Mukund Govind Rajan
This book describes the evolution of India's negotiating strategy leading up to the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. Rajan details the different global environmental treaties to which India has acceded and their implications for the future.
John S. Dryzek
"The Politics of the Earth provides an excellent and accessible introduction to environmental affairs. John Dryzek analyses the approaches which have dominated environmental issues over the last four decades and which are likely to be influential in the future." "The Politics of the Earth is essential reading for all students of environmental politics and policy, and for anyone with an interest in environmental issues. This second edition is thoroughly updated and revised to cover the evolution of environmental discourses into the twenty-first century."--Jacket.
Gordon Hughes
This volume explores possible futures of welfare by considering different types of relationship between the public and the state through which social welfare may be organized beyond the millennium.
George C. Rable
Although much has been written about the ways in which Confederate politics affected the course of the Civil War, George Rable is the first historian to investigate Confederate political culture in its own right. Focusing on the assumptions, values, and beliefs that formed the foundation of Confederate political ideology, Rable reveals how Southerners attempted to purify the political process and avoid what they saw as the evils of parties and partisanship. According to Rable, secession marked the beginning of a revolution against politics in which the Confederacy's founding fathers saw themselves as the true heirs of the American Revolution. Nevertheless, factionalism developed as the war dragged on, with Confederate nationalists emphasizing political unity and support for President Jefferson Davis's administration and libertarian dissenters warning of the dangers of a centralized Confederate government. Both sides claimed to be the legitimate defenders of a genuine Southern republicanism and of Confederate nationalism, and the conflict between them carried over from the strictly political sphere to matters of military strategy, civil religion, and education. Consulting a wide range of sources, including newspapers, sermons, contemporary textbooks, political correspondence, and military documents, Rable constructs an analytical narrative of Confederate political culture, arguing that it did more to strengthen the Confederacy than weaken it. He concludes that despite the war's outcome, the anti-political legacy of the Confederate republic had a profound impact on the future of Southern politics.