Description
| Product ID: | 9780198826088 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Global Environmental Politics |
| Subtitle: | Understanding the Governance of the Earth |
| Authors: | Author: Amandine Orsini, Sikina Jinnah, Jean-Frederic Morin |
| Page Count: | 400 |
| Subjects: | International relations, International relations, The environment, The environment |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Global Environmental Politics provides a comprehensive introduction to the key concepts, theories, methods, and debates in environmental politics. The authors' analytical approach encourages students to critique a wide variety of political perspectives, equipping them with the necessary tools to develop their own arguments and opinions. Global Environmental Politics provides a fully up to date and comprehensive introduction to the most important issues dominating this fast moving field.Going beyond the issue of climate change, the textbook also introduces students to the pressing issues of desertification, trade in hazardous waste, biodiversity protection, whaling, acid rain, ozone-depletion, water consumption, and over-fishing. . Importantly, the authors pay particular attention to the interactions between environmental politics and other governance issues, such as gender, trade, development, health, agriculture, and security. Adopting an analytical approach, the authors explore and evaluate a wide variety of political perspectives, testing students'' assumptions and equipping them with the necessary tools to develop their own arguments and, ultimately, inspiring students to pursue their own research endeavours in this diverse field. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-03-31 |
