Can Democracy Handle Climate Change?

ISBN-13: 9781509523962 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 160 str.

Daniel J. Fiorino

Opis

Global climate change poses an unprecedented challenge for governments across the world. Small wonder that many experts question whether democracies have the ability to cope with the causes and long-term consequences of a changing climate.

Spis treści

• Tables and box
• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• 1 The Challenge to Governance
• 2 Do Authoritarian Regimes Do Better?
• 3 Why Democracies Differ
• 4 How Democracies Will Handle Climate Change
• Notes
• Further Reading

O autorze

Daniel J Fiorino is Director of the Center for Environmental Policy at American University