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Environmental Human Rights: A Political Theory Perspective

Environmental Human Rights: A Political Theory Perspective

Author: Markku Oksanen; Ashley Dodsworth; Selina O'Doherty
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138732582
Published In: August 2017
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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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.

Introduction: Environmental Human Rights and Political Theory Ashley Dodsworth, Selina O’Doherty and Markku Oksanen

Chapter One: The Rights of Humans as Ecologically Embedded Beings Kerri Woods

Chapter Two: The Problem of Rights to ‘Natural’ Resources in the Anthropocene Era Ashley Dodsworth

Chapter Three: Reconciliation of Nature and Society: How Far Can Rights Take Us? Ted Benton

Chapter Four: The Foundation of Rights to Nature Marcel Wissenburg

Chapter Five: Human Rights and Rights to Natural Resources Petra Gümplová

Chapter Six: Making Sense of the Human Right to Landscape Markku Oksanen and Anne Kumpula

Chapter Seven: What So Good About Environmental Human Rights?: Constitutional Versus International Environmental Rights Daniel Corrigan

Chapter Eight: ‘Environmental Human Rights – Concepts of Responsibility Selina O’Doherty

Chapter Nine: Future People’s Rights Hubert Schnüriger

Chapter Ten: Justifying the Imposition of Risks of Rights Violations on Future People on Contractualist Grounds Eike Düvel