This book fills the gap between environmental philosophy and everyday environmental politics. Avner de-Shalit puts forward a radical political theory of environmental protection, which binds together being environmentally friendly with community, deliberative democracy, and socialism. `cogently presented ... while certainly of interest to environmental and political philosophers, this engagingly written book is accessible to thoser outside the field as well, as it is intended to be' E.R. De Sombre, Choice`the inimitably accessible style with which ... this is put together, and the fact that it comes from one of the major figures in world environmental theory today, makes it one of this year's must-reads.' Andrew Dobson, Environmental Politics`de-Shalit offers a refreshing and well-argued political alternative to environmental philosophy as guidance for public affairs' John S. Dryzek, American Political Science Review, Vol 95, No 1, March 2001`this fine contribution to ecological political theory' John S. Dryzek, American Political Science Review, Vol 95, No 1, March 2001 Avner de-Shalit Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Associate Fellow of Oxford Centre for Philosophy and the Environment, Mansfield, College, University of Oxford.