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This powerful book focuses on the capacity of the American political system to respond to ecological challenges through policy perspectives, the constraints of our written Constitution, and the determination we muster to address these tests of national character. Put simply, this is a book about politics, policy, and political will. Kalinowski brilliantly shows that America´s collective will is found in the cultural values enunciated by the Founding Fathers and passed down through history with modifications. It comprises the essential missing ingredient in determining how we currently respond to crises. Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison had distinct ideas concerning the role that Nature might play in the future. Recognizing the origins and impacts of their environmental legacies is the key to interpreting where American environmental politics is today, how we got here, and where we might be headed.

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Introduction -- Interpreting America´s Two Constitutions - Looking Through an Environmental Lens Part I - Environmental Politics and Our Written Constitution Chapter One - The Scope and Limits of Mainstream Environmentalism Chapter Two - Radical Environmentalism - Challenging Our Institutions and Beliefs Chapter Three - The Environment and the Constitution - Ecological Principles and Liberal Policy Making
Part II - Cultural Legacies: America´s Unwritten Constitution Chapter Four - Political Theory and the American Founding - The Tension Between Logic and History Chapter Five - The Environmental Legacy of Thomas Jefferson - Cultivating the Rooted Citizen Chapter Six - The Environmental Legacy of Alexander Hamilton - Manufacturing Power from Delusion Chapter Seven - The Environmental Legacy of James Madison - Pursuing Stability in a World of Limits
Part III - The Heritage: Environmentalism and the Evolving Constitution Chapter Eight - The Constitution After 100 Years - Environmental Theory in the Gilded Age Chapter Nine - Living With the Legacies - Our Culture Confronts Our Environment
About the Author

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"Jefferson famously encouraged every generation to reexamine The Constitution and the State to make them fit the times. Kalinowski has brilliantly done so for this generation. He has imaginatively and authoritatively reexamined Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton for this generation, as humanity faces ecological disaster and species extinction. This is truly a much-needed book for the times." - Richard Matthews, Distinguished University Professor, Political Science, Lehigh University, USA
"A necessary book that clarifies the American approach to environmental politics better than anything I´ve read. Well-written, insightful, and essential reading." - David W. Orr, Counselor to the President, Oberlin College, USA

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Franklin Kalinowski has taught at the University of Delaware, USA, Goddard College, USA, St. Lawrence University, USA, Colorado State University, USA, Tulane University, USA, and Warren Wilson College, USA. He received his PhD in Government from Claremont Graduate School, USA. He is the recipient of two excellence-in-teaching awards, and has published over seventeen reviews, articles, and book chapters.

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