The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society
Climate change presents perhaps the most profound challenge ever confronted by human society. This volume is a definitive analysis drawing on the best thinking on questions of how climate change affects human systems, and how societies can, do, and should respond. Key topics covered include the history of the issues, social and political reception of climate science, the denial of that science by individuals and organized interests, the nature of the social disruptions caused by climate change, the economics of those disruptions and possible responses to them, questions of human security and social justice, obligations to future generations, policy instruments for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and governance at local, regional, national, international, and global levels.
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The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society
Climate change presents perhaps the most profound challenge ever confronted by human society. This volume is a definitive analysis drawing on the best thinking on questions of how climate change affects human systems, and how societies can, do, and should respond. Key topics covered include the history of the issues, social and political reception of climate science, the denial of that science by individuals and organized interests, the nature of the social disruptions caused by climate change, the economics of those disruptions and possible responses to them, questions of human security and social justice, obligations to future generations, policy instruments for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and governance at local, regional, national, international, and global levels.
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The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society

The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society

The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society

The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society

Overview

Climate change presents perhaps the most profound challenge ever confronted by human society. This volume is a definitive analysis drawing on the best thinking on questions of how climate change affects human systems, and how societies can, do, and should respond. Key topics covered include the history of the issues, social and political reception of climate science, the denial of that science by individuals and organized interests, the nature of the social disruptions caused by climate change, the economics of those disruptions and possible responses to them, questions of human security and social justice, obligations to future generations, policy instruments for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and governance at local, regional, national, international, and global levels.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199683420
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 11/15/2013
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 752
Product dimensions: 6.60(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

John S. Dryzek, Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and Professor of Political Science, Australian National University.,Richard B. Norgaard, Professor of Energy and Resources, University of California, Berkeley,David Schlosberg, Professor of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney

John S. Dryzek is the author of a number of books on democracy and environmental politics. He is Professor of Political Science in the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the Australian National University, and Australian Research Council Federation Fellow.


Richard B. Norgaard is an eclectic ecological economist and Professor of Energy and Resources at the University of California, Berkeley.


David Schlosberg's work focuses on environmental political theory, environmental justice, and environmental movements. He is Professor of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney.

Table of Contents

ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION1. Climate Change and Society: Approaches and Responses, John S. Dryzek, Richard B. Norgaard, and David SchlosbergPART II: THE CHALLENGE AND ITS HISTORY2. A Truly Complex and Diabolical Policy Problem, Will Steffen3. The Nature of the Problem, Dale Jamieson4. The Poverty of Climate Economics, Mark Sagoff5. The Development of the Concept of Dangerous Anthropogenic Climate Change, Spencer Weart6. Voices of Vulnerability: The Reconfiguration of Policy Discourses, Maarten A. Hajer and Wytske Versteeg7. Environmentality, Timothy W. LukePART III: SCIENCE, SOCIETY, AND PUBLIC OPINION8. The Physical Sciences and Climate Politics, Hans von Storch, Armin Bunde, and Nico Stehr9. Cosmopolitan Knowledge: Climate Science and Global Civic Epistemology, Sheila Jasanoff10. Organized Climate Change Denial, Riley E. Dunlap and Aaron M. McCright11. Communicating Climate Change: Closing the Science-Action Gap, Susanne C. Moser and Lisa DillingPART IV: SOCIAL IMPACTS12. Economic Estimates of the Damages Caused by Climate Change, Robert Mendelsohn13. Weighing Climate Futures: A Critical Review of the Application of Economic Valuation, Richard B. Norgaard14. Global Change Vulnerability Assessments: Definitions, Challenges, and Opportunities, Colin Polsky and Hallie Eakin15. Health Hazards, Elizabeth G. Hanna16. Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Losses, Robert Melchior FigueroaPART V: SECURITY17. Climate Change and "Security", Nils Gilman, Doug Randall, and Peter Schwartz18. Human Security, Jon Barnett19. Climate Refugees and Security: Conceptualizations, Categories, and Contestations, Timothy Doyle and Sanjay ChaturvediPART VI: JUSTICE20. From Efficiency to Justice: Utility as the Informational Basis for Climate Strategies, and Some Alternatives, Simon Dietz21. Climate Justice, Stephen M. Gardiner22. International Justice, Paul Baer23. Intergenerational Justice, Richard HowarthPART VII: PUBLICS AND MOVEMENTS24. Public Opinion and Participation, Matthew C. Nisbet25. Social Movements and Global Civil Society, Ronnie D. Lipschutz and Corina McKendry26. Transnational Climate Justice Solidarities, Paul Routledge27. Climate Denial: Emotion, Psychology, Culture, and Political Economy, Kari Marie Norgaard28. The Role of Religions in Activism, Laurel KearnsPART VIII: GOVERNMENT RESPONSES29. Comparing State Responses, Peter Christoff and Robyn Eckersley30. Climate Change Politics in an Authoritarian State: The Ambivalent Case of China, Miranda A. Schreurs31. Cities and Subnational Governments, Harriet Bulkeley32. Issues of Scale in Climate Governance, Daniel A. Farber33. Decarbonizing the Welfare State, Ian Gough and James Meadowcroft34. Discourses of The Global South, Sivan KarthaPART IX: POLICY INSTRUMENTS35. Economic Policy Instruments for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, David Harrison, Andrew Foss, Per Klevnas, and Daniel Radov36. Policy Instruments in Practice, Andrew Jordan, David Benson, Rudiger Wurzel, and Anthony Zito37. Carbon Trading: A Critique, Clive L. Spash38. Redesigning Energy Systems, Mark DiesendorfPART X: PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS39. Corporate Responses, Simone Pulver40. Is Green Consumption Part of the Solution?, Andrew SzaszPART XI: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE41. Selling Carbon: From International Climate Regime to Global Carbon Market, Matthew Paterson42. Improving the Performance of the Climate Regime: Insights from Regime Analysis, Oran R. Young43. Reconceptualizing Global Governance, Paul G. Harris44. The Role of International Law in Global Governance, Walter F. Baber and Robert V. BartlettPART XII: RECONSTRUCTION45. The Democratic Legitimacy of Global Governance After Copenhagen, Karin Backstrand46. New Actors and Mechanisms of Global Governance, Frank Biermann47. Resilience, W. Neil Adger, Katrina Brown, and James Waters
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