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Climate Change and the Future of Democracy

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  • Addresses the relationship between democracy and global climate change
  • Expands upon the new but rapidly growing field of research in cosmopolitan democracy
  • Presents an original and transformative critique to the seminal concept of the Tragedy of the Commons
  • Valuable for upper division and graduate students in environmental and social sciences as well as in political sciences and international relations

Part of the book series: Environmental Challenges and Solutions (ECAS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. The Frontiers of Democracy

    • R. S. Deese
    Pages 1-14
  3. Nationalism and the “End of Nature”

    • R. S. Deese
    Pages 15-32
  4. Cold War Environmentalism

    • R. S. Deese
    Pages 33-48
  5. The Tragedy of a False Dichotomy

    • R. S. Deese
    Pages 49-69
  6. Transcending the Tragedy of the Commons

    • R. S. Deese
    Pages 71-85
  7. Governing Ourselves

    • R. S. Deese
    Pages 87-105
  8. Supranational Democracy

    • R. S. Deese
    Pages 107-128
  9. Climate Change and the Future of Democracy

    • R. S. Deese
    Pages 129-153
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 155-166

About this book

This book will survey past and present efforts to democratize international institutions, and will advance the argument that a new degree of transparency and accountability on a global scale is necessary to address the threat of climate change. The volume will analyse how global governance could become more democratic and consequently more responsive to the challenge of climate change. As economic globalization has accelerated since 1945, international institutions have done a remarkable job in facilitating global communication and commerce but have been far less effective in protecting the global commons.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Division of Social Sciences, Boston University, Boston, USA

    R. S. Deese

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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