Negotiating climate change
Subtitle: radical democracy and the illusion of consensus
By: Amanda Machin
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9781780323985; 9781780323978; 9781780324005
Subjects: International cooperation; Climatic changes; Global environmental change; Environmental policy
Description: Climate change is the greatest challenge of the age and yet fierce disagreement still exists over the best way to tackle the problem or, indeed, about whether it should be tackled at all. In this original book, Amanda Machin draws on radical democratic theory to show that such disagreement does not have to hinder collective action; rather, democratic differences are necessary if we are to have any hope of acting against climate change.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-159) and index.
Table of contents: title: Magic and markets : the techno-economic approach; title: Good consciences : the ethical-individual approach; title: Responsible citizens : the green republican approach; title: Beyond conflict? The green deliberative democratic approach; title: Celebrating disagreement : the radical democratic approach; title: Political identity and climate change : being green.