Ecology and Revolution

Global Crisis and the Political Challenge
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-26403-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: Environmental Politics and Theory

Ecology and Revolution: Global Crisis and the Political Challenge is an in-depth exploration and analysis of the global ecological crisis (going far beyond the issue of global warming) in the larger context of historical conditions and political options shaped by the failure (and incapacity) of the existing political system to adequately confront the crisis.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boggs, C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction The Global Crisis Worsens The Political Impasse Liberal Delusions The Struggle For An Ecological Politics A Global Ecological Revolution? Strategic Dilemmas Ecology And Population

Über Autor(innen)

CARL E. BOGGS is a Professor of Social Sciences and Film Studies at National University in Los Angeles, USA. The author of 17 books, including most recently (2010), (2008), and (2006), he has written extensively on social and political theory, American politics, European politics, and social movements. In 2006, he was recipient of the Charles McCoy Career Achievement Award by the American Political Science Association, and previously was Chair of the Caucus for a New Political Science. Since receiving his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, he has taught at Washington University – St. Louis, UCLA, University of Southern California, UC – Irvine, Carleton University, and Antioch University.