Simon Nicholson, Paul Wapner

Global Environmental Politics (eBook, ePUB)

From Person to Planet

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Global Environmental Politics finally answers the question of how to teach students about environmental harm with a sense of ecological reality, a firm grasp on politics, and an optimistic look toward the future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 355
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315479033
• Artikelnr.: 46885200

Autorenporträt

Simon Nicholson is Assistant Professor and Director of the Global Environmental Politics program in the School of International Service at American University. His research, teaching, and public engagement center on global food politics and the politics of emerging technologies, with a focus most recently on climate geoengineering technologies.



Paul Wapner is Professor of Global Environmental Politics in the School of International Service at American University and author of Living Through the End of Nature: The Future of American Environmentalism and Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics. His research focuses on Environmental Thought, Transnational Environmental Activism, Environmental Ethics, and Global Environmental Politics.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Living in an Environmental Age PART I: STATE OF THE PLANET
Section 1: Species Unbound: Humanity's Environmental ImpactIntroduction 1.
Enter the Anthropocene, Elizabeth Kolbert 2. State of the Species, Charles
C. Mann3. Humanity's Potential, Alex SteffenSection 1 Exercise: The Time
MachineSection 2: Four Planetary Challenges: Climate, Extinction, Water,
and FoodIntroduction 4. Global Warming's Terrifying New Math, Bill
McKibben5. End of the Wild, Stephen M. Meyer6. Where Has All the Water
Gone? Maude Barlow7. The Global Food Crisis, Lester BrownSection 2
Exercise: Fries with That? Tracing Personal ConsumptionSection 3: Causes of
Environmental HarmIntroduction 8. Too Many Americans? Thomas Friedman 9. A
Finite Earth? Bill McKibben 10. Consequences of Consumerism, Erik
Assadourian11. Use Energy, Get Rich, and Save the Planet, John
TierneySection 3 Exercise: Where do Babies Come From? The Causes of
Population GrowthPART II: STATES, MARKETS, AND SOCIETY: GEOPOLITICAL
RESPONSES TO UNSUSTAINABILITY Section 4: International State
SystemIntroduction12. Rio Declaration on Environment and Development13.
Brief History of International Environmental Cooperation, Jennifer Clapp
and Peter Dauvergne14. What's Wrong with Climate Politics? Paul Harris15.
State Sovereignty Endangers the Planet, Richard FalkSection 4 Exercise:
Talking with the United NationsSection 5: EconomyIntroduction16. The
Promise of Corporate Environmentalism, Peter Dauvergne and Jane Lister17.
Environmental Economics 101: Overcoming Market Failures,