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The Local Politics of Global Sustainability
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The Local Politics of Global Sustainability Paperback - 1999 - 1st Edition

by Prugh, Thomas

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  • Title The Local Politics of Global Sustainability
  • Author Prugh, Thomas
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition Illustrated
  • Condition Used: Good
  • Pages 196
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Island Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Date 1999-12-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # SONG1559637447
  • ISBN 9781559637442 / 1559637447
  • Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.93 x 6.02 x 0.57 in (22.68 x 15.29 x 1.45 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Local government, Political participation
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99048263
  • Dewey Decimal Code 333.717

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In The Local Politics of Global Sustainability, Thomas Prugh, Robert Costanza, and Herman Daly explore the political implications of ecological economics. They envision a reenergized political system based on a type of self-governance that political scientist Benjamin Barber calls "strong democracy." A politics of engagement rather than consignment, strong democracy empowers citizens to participate directly in community decision making.

Using examples of communities that are experimenting with various features of strong democratic systems, The Local Politics of Global Sustainability explains in engaging, accessible prose the crucial biophysical, economic, and social issues involved in achieving a sustainable world of our choice, rather than one imposed by external factors.

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2000, Page 61

About the author

Thomas Prugh is an energy analyst and writer who has written extensively on environment and energy issues. He is coauthor of Natural Capital and Human Economic Survival (ISEE, 1995).

Robert Costanza is director of the Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Maryland, based in Solomons, Maryland, and coauthor of Ecosystem Health (Island Press, 1992).

Herman Daly is senior research scholar in the School of Public Affairs of the University of Maryland in College Park, and author of Steady-State Economics (Island Press, 1991) and Beyond Growth (Beacon Press, 1997).