Author: | Debra J. Davidson, Mike Gismondi | ISBN: | 9781461402879 |
Publisher: | Springer New York | Publication: | August 31, 2011 |
Imprint: | Springer | Language: | English |
Author: | Debra J. Davidson, Mike Gismondi |
ISBN: | 9781461402879 |
Publisher: | Springer New York |
Publication: | August 31, 2011 |
Imprint: | Springer |
Language: | English |
Human history has often been described as a progressive relinquishment from environmental constraints. Now, it seems, we have come full circle. The ecological irrationalities associated with industrial societies have a lengthy history, and our purpose in the proposed book is not to catalogue this litany of wrongs. Rather, this book is about political responses to global environmental crisis at a crucial turning point in history, by focusing on the political discourses surrounding the tar sands in Alberta, Canada.
Human history has often been described as a progressive relinquishment from environmental constraints. Now, it seems, we have come full circle. The ecological irrationalities associated with industrial societies have a lengthy history, and our purpose in the proposed book is not to catalogue this litany of wrongs. Rather, this book is about political responses to global environmental crisis at a crucial turning point in history, by focusing on the political discourses surrounding the tar sands in Alberta, Canada.