Bioregionalism and Civil Society
Democratic Challenges to Corporate Globalism
Mike Carr supports bioregional values and community-building tools for
a diverse, democratic, socially-just civil society.
Description
Bioregionalism and Civil Society addresses the urgent need for
sustainability in industrialized societies. It explores the bioregional
movement in the US, Canada, and Mexico, examining its vision, values,
strategies, and tools for building sustainable
societies. Practically, Mike Carr argues for bioregionalism as a
place-specific, community movement that can stand in diverse opposition
to the homogenizing trends of corporate globalization. Theoretically,
the author seeks lessons for civil society-based social theory and
strategy. Carr’s argument that bioregional values and
community-building tools support a diverse, democratic, socially just
civil society that respects the natural world makes a significant
contribution to the fields of green political science, social change
theory, and environmental thought.