Balancing Individualism and Collectivism : Supporting Social and Environmenta...

by Norma Romm

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Balancing Individualism and Collectivism : Supporting Social and Environmental Justice, Hardcover by McIntyre-Mills, Janet (EDT); Romm, Norma (EDT); Corcoran-nantes, Yvonne (EDT), ISBN 3319580132, ISBN-13 9783319580135, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This book addresses the social and environmental justice challenge to live sustainably and well. It considers the consequences of our social, economic and environmental policy and governance decisions for this generation and the next. Th tests out ways to improve representation, accountability and re-generation. It addresses the need to take into account the ethical implications of policy and governance decisions in the short, medium and long term based on testing out the implications for self, other and the environment. This book recognizes the negative impact that humans have had on the Earth’s ecosystem and recommends a less anthropocentric way of looking at policies and governance. The chapters discuss the geologic impact that people have had on the globe, both positive and negative, and brings awareness to the anthropocentric interventions that have influenced life on Earth during the Holocene era. Based on these observations, the authors discuss original ideas and critical reviews on ways to govern those who interpret the world in terms of human values and experience, and to conduct an egalitarian lifestyle. These ideas address the growing rise in the size of the ecological footprints of some at the expense of the m

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
• Year: 2017
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9783319580135
• Condition: Fine

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