Ian Budge

Kick-Starting Government Action against Climate Change

Effective Political Strategies

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Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses the crucial question of how to get action from governments, who will always put short-term considerations over longer term climate priorities - unless forced to do otherwise. It will be of interest internationally to climate change campaigners, activists, political and environmental scientists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 124
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 313g
• ISBN-13: 9781032118123
• ISBN-10: 1032118121
• Artikelnr.: 62571419

Autorenporträt

Ian Budge is a political scientist who has pioneered the use of quantitative methods to study party democracy across countries. Currently Emeritus Professor of the Department of Government, University of Essex, he has been Professor at the European University Institute, Florence, and visiting professor at various institutions in five other countries.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Present Dangers, Present Actions 1: Forests Burn, Ice Melts, Seas
Surge, Weather Worsens: What Governments Have Done and Not Done 2: Problems
of Collective Action: Policy Making and Enforcement 3: Dominating Political
Discourse 4: Making Climate the Issue 5: Strengthening Mass Appeal:
Guaranteeing a Decent Income for All 6: Organising to Expand Democratic
Action 7: Climate Action in Non-Democracies 8: Climate Action in the World
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