Community Action and Climate Change

ISBN-13: 9780815357858 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 174 str.

Institute for Sustainabl Jennifer (Honorary Associate Kent

Opis

This book seeks to address two significant gaps related to grassroots climate action: the continuing dominance of the individualisation of responsibility for climate change action, and the potential for community-based collectives to influence mainstream climate change governance. Drawing on empirical research into Australian Climate Action Groups (CAGs) and related international research, the book argues that grassroots community-based collective action on climate change holds the key to broader social change. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, citizen participation, environmental sociology and sustainable development.

Recenzje

"This is a book that offers a useful insight into the experience and characteristics of Australian CAGs, and some food for thought on possible theoretical developments in the study of community action and climate change." – Giuseppe Feola, University of Reading, UK

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. The Social Construction of Climate Change 3. Individualization of Responsibility and the Politics of Behaviour Change 4.Rise of the Grassroots  5. People Like Me: The Role of Agency in Voluntary Climate Change Action 6. Social Transitions from the Local to the Global 7. Future Pathways for Community Action on Climate Change

O autorze

Jennifer Kent is an Honorary Associate at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney and Senior Environmental Officer at the Green Living Centre, a community sustainability resource center in Sydney, Australia.