
In A 2018 Special Report, The Un Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change-the World's Leading Climate-research Body-warned Of Catastrophic Outcomes Unless States Were To Undertake Unprecedented Action Across All Sectors Of Society Before 2030. In The Years Since, Hundreds Of Governments Have Declared A Climate Emergency. Not Surprisingly Then, Scholars In Many Disciplines-from Environmental Science To Economics-have Begun To Give More Central Place To The Potential For Climate Catastrophe In Their Research. This Book Extends This Interdisciplinary Conversation To The Field Of Normative Political Theory, Investigating What Exactly Counts As A Climate Catastrophe And What Catastrophic Climate Change Portends For Contemporary Societies. This Book Argues That Climate Change Is Politically Catastrophic Insofar As It Threatens To Undermine The Material Conditions That Make Justice And, By Extension, (stable) Democratic Government, Possible-- Provided By Publisher.
This book investigates the normative political implications of climate change, specifically questioning how catastrophic environmental shifts threaten the foundational conditions required for justice and stable democratic governance. Ross Mittiga, a scholar in political theory, synthesizes environmental science data with political philosophy to argue that climate change is not merely an ecological problem but a political catastrophe. He posits that the degradation of material conditions directly erodes the possibility of maintaining democratic institutions and equitable social structures.
What You Will Find
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Experts in political theory identify this work as a significant contribution to the intersection of environmental ethics and governance studies. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which is tailored for scholars and students of political science.
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Publication Date:
2024-01-01
Publisher:
New York : Oxford University Press,
ISBN-10:
0191964913
ISBN-13:
9780191964916
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