Political space of ecological citizenship

pages: 102-111

Abstract

This paper examines the concept of ecological citizenship by looking at two sets of arguments. Those justifying the concept itself, and those criticizing the need to devise a new concept of citizenship and political community in relation to ecological problems. The paper argues for a shift in focus: instead of searching for (or readily dismissing) a new concept of citizenship, we should adopt a different perspective capable of capturing the explanatory potentials of citizenship-related notions - especially citizenship action and political space in which it is constituted - in the context of contemporary global ecological problems. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 43007 i br. 41004] Keywords: citizenship, ecological citizenship, ecological footprint, political community, political space