Description
Politics and the Environment, 3rd edition, by James Connelly, Graham Smith, David Benson and Clare Saunders examines the political ideas, institutions and movements that shape environmental policy and responses to environmental problems. The authors explore the philosophical foundations of environmental debates alongside the development of environmental movements and the ways in which governments and other institutions formulate, implement and contest environmental policy at local, national and international levels.
The third edition places particular emphasis on the shift from sustainable development towards climate change governance, examining how political responses have developed in the years following the Kyoto Protocol. It also considers environmental social movements and protest, international environmental politics and the practical challenges of translating environmental concerns into policy. With case studies from the UK, Europe, Australia and North America, Politics and the Environment provides a broad introduction to the subject for students of politics, environmental studies and related disciplines.
