Ideas from 'Environmental Politics: very short intro' by Andrew Dobson [2016], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Environmental Politics: Very Short Intro' by Dobson,Andrew [OUP 2016,978-0-19-966557-0]].

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24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 4. Changing the State / b. Devolution
The environment needs localised politics, with its care for the land
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 1. Ideology
An ideology judges things now, and offers an ideal, with a strategy for reaching it
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / g. Liberalism critique
Ecologism is often non-liberal, by claiming to know other people's best interests
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 8. Socialism
Socialism can be productive and centralised, or less productive and decentralised
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 12. Feminism
Difference feminists say women differ fundamentally from men
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 13. Green Politics
For the environment, affluence and technology matter as much as population size
We currently value the present fourteen times more highly than the future
A million years is a proper unit of political time
Ecologism says growth must be reduced, and efficiency is not enough