Sustainability and the rationalisation of the environment
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Sustainability has become merely an expression of the general process of rationalization instead of being a means to find solutions to the ecological crisis. Identification of rationalization with everyday life has led to the precipitation of ecological crisis instead of overcoming it. Ulrich Beck and Anthony Giddens, taking a cue from Max Weber's views, argue that increased rationalization will lead to disenchantment due to institutional control of sustainability. Constraints of institutional control can be overcome only by giving access to democratic control through reflexive modernity.
Publication Name: Environmental Politics
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0964-4016
Year: 1996
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Balancing political and ecological values
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An analysis is presented on conflicts between conservation goals and the property rights of indigenous local communities, using selected environmental projects in India as examples. The author posits that barring humans from tracts of land promotes socioeconomic marginalization without accomplishing ecological goals, and suggests that environmental policy-making should factor in human presence and subsistence.
Publication Name: Environmental Politics
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0964-4016
Year: 2001
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Ecocentrism, weighted interests and property theory
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A two-factor model is presented for environmental policy-making that allows the interests of individuals, ecosystems and species to be weighted and distributed, satisfies holistic ethical concerns and facilitates decision-making on property matters via pluralist criteria.
Publication Name: Environmental Politics
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0964-4016
Year: 2001
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