Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Preface vii -- Wilson Carey McWilliams -- Introduction 1 -- Bob Pepperman Taylor and Ben A. Minteer -- PART ONE: DEMOCRACY AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES -- 1 Democracy and Environmentalism: Foundations and Justifications in -- Environmental Policy 11 -- Bryan G. Norton -- 2 Deweyan Democracy and Environmental Ethics 33 -- Ben A. Minteer -- 3 Environmental Pragmatism, Ecocentrism, and Deliberative Democracy: -- Between Problem-Solving and Fundamental Critique 49 -- Robyn Eckersley -- 4 The Legitimacy Crisis in Environmental Ethics and Politics 71 -- Joe Bowersox -- 5 Science, Value, and Ethics: A Hierarchical Theory 91 -- J. Baird Callicott -- PART TWO: ENVIRONMENTALISM AND DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP -- 6 Opinionated Natures: Toward a Green Public Culture 117 -- Catriona Sandilands -- 7 Vulnerability and Virtue: Democracy, Dependency, and Ecological -- Stewardship 133 -- John Barry -- 8 Restoring Ecological Citizenship 153 -- Andrew Light -- 9 Aldo Leopold's Civic Education 173 -- Bob Pepperman Taylor -- PART THREE: ENVIRONMENTALISM AND THE BOUNDARIES OF -- DEMOCRATIC DISCOURSE -- 10 Justice, Democracy, and Global Warming 191 -- Peter S. Wenz -- 11 Environmentalism, Democracy, and the Cultural Politics of Nature in -- Monte Verde, Costa Rica 215 -- Luis A. Vivanco -- 12 Environmental Rights as Democratic Rights 237 -- Tim Hayward -- 13 Deliberative Democracy and Environmental Policy 257 -- John O'Neill -- PART FOUR: DEMOCRACY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS -- 14 Cycles of Closure in Environmental Politics and Policy 279 -- Robert Paehlke -- 15 The People, Politics, and the Planet: Who Knows, Protects, and Serves -- Nature Best? 301 -- Timothy W Luke -- 16 Linking Movements and Constructing a New Vision: Environmental -- Justice and Community Food Security 321 -- Robert Gottlieb -- 17 Civic Environmentalism 335 -- Charles T. Rubin -- Index 353 -- About the Contributors 357.