Environmental Politics for a Changing World

Power, Perspectives, and Practice

By (author) Ronnie D. Lipschutz, Doreen Stabinsky

Publication date:

12 July 2018

Length of book:

400 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

237x159mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781538105092

This book argues that environmental problems are, first and foremost, political and, therefore, about power. Using a framework of political economy and political ecology, the authors deconstruct current environmental problems to identify root causes and address those problems through mobilization of collective action and social power. The second edition also offers:

•Updated examples and stories of political struggles and the actors involved

•Explicit attention to various forms of power in environmental politics, including structural and social power

•Local politics and collective action as related to global environmental politics

•Discussion of emerging issues such as synthetic biology; commodification and financialization of nature, including carbon markets; and geoengineering

Chapter 1: What are “Global Environmental Politics?”
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Chapter 2: Deconstructing the Global Environment and “Global Environmental Politics”
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Chapter 3: Capitalism, Globalization, and the Environment
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Chapter 4: Civic Politics and Social Activism: Environmental Politics “On the Ground’
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Chapter 5: Domestic Politics and Global Environmental Politics
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Chapter 6: Global Environmental Politics, Society and You
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A welcome critical introduction to the theory and praxis of global environmental politics.