THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS II (ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER KURAMLARI II) - (İNGİLİZCE) Dersi Green Theory in International Relations soru detayı:

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What are the similarities and differences between environmentalists and green theorists?


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The second alternative of greening capitalism is ecological modernization. It is also a new variation of sustainable development that leads countries to protect-ing the environment (Carter, 2007: 227). However, both concepts “sustainable development” and “ecological modernization” are controversial topics for the scholars’ works in the field. While “Shallow Environmentalist” scholars argue tha sustainable development can be the solution for many environmental problems,
Green Theorists object to this idea again. As long as Shallow Environmentalists, like liberals, keep their anthropocentric view when dealing with the environment, it continues to lead them to lack of questioning the aim of human progress (Steans, Pettiford, Diez, & El-Anis, 2010: 221).

Greens claim that there is a need both to challenge this view and reclaim a set of beliefs about the nature of the ecological crisis and to suggest that radical changes are necessary in order to respond to these problems. From a Green Perspective, world order, as it is currently constituted, is based upon capitalism, industrialization and the consumer culture. These major forms of social and political organizations are built upon and perpetuate oppressive social relationships – class inequalities, patriarchy and the destruction of indigenous peoples and communities. Modern social practices and forms of organization across the globe are also giving harm to the globe (Steans, Pettiford, Diez, & El-Anis, 2010: 222).