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Carl Casseg Rd - Climate Action in a Globalizing World: Comparative Perspectives on Environmental Movements in the Global North - 9781138667303 - V9781138667303
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Climate Action in a Globalizing World: Comparative Perspectives on Environmental Movements in the Global North

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Description for Climate Action in a Globalizing World: Comparative Perspectives on Environmental Movements in the Global North Paperback. Editor(s): Cassegard, Carl; Soneryd, Linda; Thorn, Hakan; Wettergren, Asa. Num Pages: 286 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JPW; RNB; RNPG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
The existence and urgency of global climate change is a matter of scientific consensus. Yet the global politics of climate change have been anything but consensual. In this context, a wave of global climate activism has emerged in the last decade in response to the perceived failure of the political negotiations. This book provides a unique comparative study of environmental movements in USA, Japan, Denmark and Sweden, analyzing their interaction with the international climate institutions of the United Nations, with national governments, and with currents in the global climate movement. It documents how and ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138667303
SKU
V9781138667303
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Carl Casseg Rd
Carl Cassegard is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Gothenburg. He is currently researching Japanese social movements with a focus on the precarity movement and the environmental movement. Linda Soneryd is Lecturer and Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Gothenburg. Her research currently focuses on environmental movements and climate change, ... Read more

Reviews for Climate Action in a Globalizing World: Comparative Perspectives on Environmental Movements in the Global North
At a time when the prospects of dealing with climate change have taken a drastic turn for the worse, with the election of Donald Trump as US President, this book provides a glimmer of hope with its in-depth study of climate activism throughout the world. Highly recommended! - Andrew Jamison, Aalborg University, Denmark ... Read more

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