Author: Gabrielson, Teena

Source: Citizenship Studies, Volume 12, Number 4, August 2008 , pp. 429-446(18)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

This paper reviews the literature on green citizenship and argues that the concept of citizenship has done much to advance green theory building internally but that in order to deepen an already substantial area of scholarship, promote a more inclusive and emancipatory environmental politics, and augment their contribution to the larger body of citizenship studies, greens will need to broaden their approach to the concept. This review highlights the tendency within green theorizing to privilege particular conceptions of the natural world and humans' relations to it, and draws attention to the work of those scholars explicitly engaged in incorporating the social construction of nature into their theories of green citizenship. The essay concludes by identifying three particular areas in which green theorizing has contributed to citizenship studies.

Keywords: green citizenship; social construction of nature; emancipation

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13621020802184275

Affiliations: 1: Department of Political Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA

Publication date: 2008-08-01

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