Anna,
Thank you for the alert on this one, it looks really interesting. I will definitely be reading it.
Best wishes
Steve
PS Happy xmas
On 16 Dec 2010, at 10:33, Anna Grear wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> A new book by a scholar linked to the GNHRE network, Dr Kerri Woods, is just out with Edward Elgar Press: Human Rights and Environmental Sustainability:
>
> ‘Human rights and environmental sustainability have virtually unassailable legitimacy as objectives in the contemporary world. But do they work with or against each other? In this forensic dissection of the relationship between the two concepts, Kerri Woods raises the analytical bar to new heights. The result is a striking combination of intellectual sophistication and political sensitivity – not to be missed.’
> – Andrew Dobson, Keele University, UK
>
> Contents: Introduction 1. Globalization, Human Rights and the Environment 2. Human Rights: Moral Authority and Philosophical Doubts 3. The Contemporary Human Rights Regime: Some Criticisms and an Alternative 4. Environmental Sustainability and Environmental Values 5. The Institutions of Sustainability: Citizenship, Democracy and Justice 6. Rights or Sustainability; Rights and Sustainability? References Index
>
>
> You can find the book, and order it, at http://www.e-elgar.com/bookentry_main.lasso?id=13757
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Anna
>
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