Negotiating climate change : radical democracy and the illusion of consensus /

Climate change is the greatest challenge of the age and yet fierce disagreement still exists over the best way to tackle the problem or, indeed, about whether it should be tackled at all. In this original book, Amanda Machin draws on radical democratic theory to show that such disagreement does not...

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Main Author: Machin, Amanda (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: London : Zed Books, 2013.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Climate change is the greatest challenge of the age and yet fierce disagreement still exists over the best way to tackle the problem or, indeed, about whether it should be tackled at all. In this original book, Amanda Machin draws on radical democratic theory to show that such disagreement does not have to hinder collective action; rather, democratic differences are necessary if we are to have any hope of acting against climate change.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781780323992
1780323999
9781780324005
1780324006
1299758665
9781299758667
1350221473
9781350221475
DOI:10.5040/9781350221475