Sustaining Liberal Democracy : Ecological Challenges and Opportunities

John Barry is Lecturer in the School of Politics, International Relations and the Environment at Keele University. His publications include Rethinking Green Politics: Nature, Virtue and Progress (1999) and Environment and Social Theory (1999).

Marcel Wissenburg is Lecturer in Political Theory and Philosophy of the Policy Sciences at the University of Nijmegen. He is editor of Civic Politics and Civil Society (1995) and European Discourses on Environmental Policy (with G.Orhan and U.Collier, 1999), and the author of Green Liberalism: the Free and the Green Society (1998) and Imperfection and Impartiality: A Liberal Theory of Social Justice (1999).

Part I: Liberalism and Sustainability * Sustainability, Liberal Democracy, Liberalism--Marius de Geus * Ecological Sustainability: A Private Case of Social Justice?--Gayil Talshir * Part II: Reform and Change * Greening Liberal Democracy: Practice, Theory and Political Economy--John Barry * Democracy and Sustainability: Aspects of Efficiency, Legitimacy and Integration--Nicos Labaras * Democracy, Justice and Risk Society: The Meaning and Shape of Eclogical Democracy--Wouter Achterberg * Part III: Rights * Constitutional Environmental Rights and Liberal Democracy--Tim Hayward * Privatizing Genetic Resources: Biodiversity, Communities and Intelelctual Property Rights--Markku Oksanen * Sustainability, Global Warming, Population Policies and Liberal Democracy--Robin Attfield * Part IV: Duties * The Duties of Being and Asociation--Mike Mills * Virtue, Sustainability and Liberal Values--Ludvig Beckman * Sustainability and the Limits of Liberalism--Marcel Wissenburg * Conclusion--John Barry, Marcel Wissenburg & Marius de Geus

Part I: Liberalism and Sustainability * Sustainability, Liberal Democracy, Liberalism--Marius de Geus * Ecological Sustainability: A Private Case of Social Justice?--Gayil Talshir * Part II: Reform and Change * Greening Liberal Democracy: Practice, Theory and Political Economy--John Barry * Democracy and Sustainability: Aspects of Efficiency, Legitimacy and Integration--Nicos Labaras * Democracy, Justice and Risk Society: The Meaning and Shape of Eclogical Democracy--Wouter Achterberg * Part III: Rights * Constitutional Environmental Rights and Liberal Democracy--Tim Hayward * Privatizing Genetic Resources: Biodiversity, Communities and Intelelctual Property Rights--Markku Oksanen * Sustainability, Global Warming, Population Policies and Liberal Democracy--Robin Attfield * Part IV: Duties * The Duties of Being and Asociation--Mike Mills * Virtue, Sustainability and Liberal Values--Ludvig Beckman * Sustainability and the Limits of Liberalism--Marcel Wissenburg * Conclusion--John Barry, Marcel Wissenburg & Marius de Geus