Climate-challenged society

Dryzek, John S. 1953- (author.). Norgaard, Richard B., 1943- (Added Author). Schlosberg, David. (Added Author).

Summary: This book is an original, accessible, and thought-provoking introduction to the severe and broad-ranging challenges that climate change presents and how societies can respond. ... The coverage begins with an examination of science, public opinion, and policy making, with special attention to organized climate change denial. The book then moves to economic analysis and its limits; different kinds of policies; climate justice; governance at all levels from the local to the global; and the challenge of an emerging "Anthropocene" in which the mostly unintended consequences of human action drive the earth system into a more chaotic and unstable era. The conclusion considers the prospects for fundamental transition in ideas, movements, economics, and governance.

Record details

ISBN: 9780199660117 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780199660100 (hbk.)
ISBN: 0199660107 (hbk.)
ISBN: 0199660115 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xiii, 169 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-163) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Climate's challenges -- Constructing science and dealing with denial -- The costs of inaction and the limits of economics -- Actions that promise and practices that fall short -- What's just? -- Governance -- The Anthropocene -- Transition, resilience, and reconstruction.