What Is Environmental Politics?

ISBN-13: 9781509534142 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 232 str.

Elizabeth R. Desombre

Opis

"Scientific knowledge and technology alone cannot address environmental problems; they also involve difficult political choices and trade-offs both locally and globally. This concise introductory text explores the different ways in which society attempts to deal with the political decisions needed to prevent or recover from environmental damage"--

Spis treści

Acknowledgements 1. Defining Environmental Politics 2. Uncertainty and Science 3. Political Structures 4. Political Actors 5. International Environmental Politics 6. Engaging with Environmental Politics Notes Selected Readings Index

O autorze

Elizabeth DeSombre is the Camilla Chandler Frost Professor of Environmental Studies at Wellesley College.