Looking Within: Finding an Environmental Justice and Global Citizenship Lens(English, Electronic book text, Druffel Karen)

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Looking Within: Finding an Environmental Justice and Global Citizenship Lens(English, Electronic book text, Druffel Karen) is written by Druffel Karen and published by Inter/Connexions. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1848882513 (ISBN 10) and 9781848882515 (ISBN 13).

This volume was first published by Inter-Disciplinary Press in 2013. Can we adopt human rights concepts, long used to frame problems of social justice, to define environmental justice? Can existing social institutions provide models and tools for achieving environmental justice? This volume views old models of agency through new lenses and examines how several social institutions, such as law, education and health care, address specific environmental problems. The volume presents arguments for human obligations towards the environment and future generations. Scholars assess the limitations of existing models and others point to recent failures in protecting the interests of indigenous groups or species. And on a hopeful note, examples are given of institutions that promise some success in effecting environmental goals. As this discussion of citizenship suggests, much like environmental justice, a global context both in definition and application is required.