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03042aam a2200433 i 4500 001 12C6679CF5D511E7B33F7C0497128E48 003 SILO 005 20180110010212 008 150727s2015 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015019598 020 $a 1137538945 020 $a 9781137538949 035 $a (OCoLC)909320599 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d CDX $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a GE42 $b .T36 2016 082 00 $a 179/.1 $2 23 084 $a POL044000 $a POL010000 $a POL044000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Tanasescu, Mihnea, $d 1984- $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015046425 245 10 $a Environment, political representation and the challenge of rights : $b speaking for nature / $c Mihnea Tanasescu. 264 1 $a Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2016. 300 $a ix, 199 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 2 $a "The idea of giving rights to nature is gaining ground. Already, there are several jurisdictions where nature has a number of rights. There is even a proposal for a universal declaration granting the entire Earth at least the right to exist. Mihnea Tanasescu offers a much needed examination of the concept of giving rights to nature, as well as a first comprehensive analysis of all of the various cases to date, from municipal ordinances in the United States to the constitutional rights of nature in Ecuador. Avoiding partisanship or scorn, this book provides an honest and thorough engagement with both the theory and the practice of enlarging the concept of rights to previously unthinkable territory: nature itself"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-195) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Voicing -- 1. Representation : Structure and Meaning -- 2. The Anatomy of Rights -- 3. Animals, Nature, Persons -- 4. The Rights of Nature in Ecuador -- 5. Local, National, and International Rights of Nature -- 6. Speaking for Nature -- 7. Implications and Provocations. 650 0 $a Environmental ethics. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062857 650 0 $a Philosophy of nature. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85101004 650 0 $a Representative government and representation $x Philosophy. 650 0 $a Nature $x Moral and ethical aspects. $x Moral and ethical aspects. 650 0 $a Animal rights. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89005495 650 0 $a Environmental policy. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044197 650 0 $a Environmental law. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044184 650 0 $a Environmental responsibility. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93002599 650 7 $a LAW / Environmental. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213011539.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=12C6679CF5D511E7B33F7C0497128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search