This book provides systematic coverage of the key concepts in the study of environmental politics; the evolution of environmental thinking; the national and international actors involved in environmental policy; and a selection of specific environmental problems including their causes, the challenges and results of addressing them to date.
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Introduction 1. Understanding Key Concepts 2. Perspectives on the Environment 3. The Dynamics of Environmental Policy 4. Actors at the State Level 5. Actors at the International Level 6. Air Pollution: Few Sources, Many Effects 7. Water: Quantity vs. Quality 8. Natural Resources: Forests, Oceans and Fisheries 9. Waste: A Failure of Consumer Society 10. Biodiversity: Species, Genes and Ecology 11. Energy: The Slow Road to Renewables 12. Climate Change: The Ultimate Global Test.
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Breadth: possesses the potential to be used across a range of courses devoted to environmental politics and policy in numerous different territories

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ISBN
9781137604002
Publisert
2017-11-13
Utgiver
Vendor
Red Globe Press
Vekt
672 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
308

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Biographical note

John McCormick is Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA, and is author of a number of Red Globe Press’s bestselling books in politics, including Comparative Government and Politics (with Rod Hague and Martin Harrop), Understanding the European Union and European Union Politics.