Green Planet Blues: Four Decades of Global Environmental Politics

by Ken Conca (Editor), Geoffrey D. Dabelko (Editor)

Revised and updated throughout, this unique anthology examines global environmental politics from a range of perspectives: contemporary and classic, activist and scholarly, and reflecting voices of the powerless and powerful. Paradigms of sustainability, environmental security, and ecological justice illustrate the many ways environmental problems and their solutions are framed in contemporary international debates about climate, water, forests, toxics, energy, food, biodiversity, and other environmental challenges of the twenty-first century. Organized thematically, the selections offer a truly global scope. Fourteen new readings discuss globalization and environmental change; transnational activist networks; the UN Environment Programme; environment-conflict linkages, including the case of Darfur; environmental peacebuilding; the debate on greening foreign aid; and the linkages between climate change and human rights. This book stresses the underlying questions of power, interests, authority, and legitimacy that shape environmental debates, and it provides readers with a global range of perspectives on the critical challenges facing the planet and its people.

Genres: Nonfiction

384 pages, Paperback

First published December 22, 2009

Reviews

[Nicole McCann · Rating 5 out of 5]

excellent book of essays on environmental protection, governance, security and so much more. the author of one of the essays, and editor of the book, ken conca, will be one of my professors this fall. i am looking forward to being taught by him.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book with a wide scope of perspectives and covers a multitude of issues related to GEP.

[Henry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good intro read to the issues of global environmental problems.