For students and scholars of environmental politics, Jennifer Clapp and Peter Dauvergne have made transparent what is often opaque: What do people believe and why? This book provides the insights and understandings necessary to separate the data from the noise, and makes clear how the same environmental information can lead to such divergent conclusions and policies. Paths to a Green World is sure to become an essential text in both environmental studies and political science.
Ronnie Lipschutz, Professor of Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz
... an excellent primer for political, non-profit and commercial leaders.
Amy E. Harth
Electronic Green Journal
Clapp and Dauvergne offer an unusually provocative and creative path into the study of global environmental issues. By drawing on four environmental worldviews to frame their discussion of the mounting environmental degradation across the planet, they give us a book that will foster critical, independent thinking among undergraduate students of the politics of globalization and environmental change.
Michael Maniates, Departments of Environmental Science and Political Science, Allegheny College
Paths to a Green World is a rare achievement: succinct yet comprehensive, clear and balanced without removing the passion and controversy from the issues. The authors thoughtfully present and elaborate on four worldviews, or paths to environmental protection, and then trust their readers to make their own choices. In a time when polarization or blandness seems to prevail in political life, this important book promotes tolerance and respect based upon a commitment to understanding the values and arguments of others.
Karen Liftin, Department of Political Science, University of Washington
