Dear GEP-Ed Colleagues, About two weeks ago I requested help in finding new textbooks for my course on the Politics of Climate Change, and I promised to share the results. I will paste them below.
Thanks to everyone who replied. Much appreciated. Kind regards, Paul >From David Schlosberg: Well, if you allow me to be self-promoting for a moment, have a look at Climate-Challenged Society, by John Dryzek, Richard Norgaard, and myself. Just out in 2013, and quite short and succinct coverage of the science, denialism, the economics, adaptation, and more. It’s designed to be exactly what you’re looking for. And for supplementary materials, you mind find some of the chapters in our Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society helpful as well (and not just your own!). Again, there are quite a range of issues covered. Both should be available via library e-book subscription to Oxford Scholarship Online. >From Peter Newell: Besides your own book on climate policy and how to fix it, other candidates would be the edited collection by Max Boykoff on The Politics of Climate Change http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781857434965/ or the 2nd edition of Governing Climate Change by Harriet Bulkeley and myself, about to be published by Routledge. 1st edition was published in 2010. >From Jonas Schoenefeld: As far as EU climate policy is concerned, I can recommend this book - perhaps for your extended materials? http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/earth-and-environmental-science/environmental-policy-economics-and-law/climate-change-policy-european-union-confronting-dilemmas-mitigation-and-adaptation There is also a new special issue on Innovations in Climate Policy, and some of the articles (notably the introduction) is open access: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/fenp20/23/5 >From Thomas Bernauer: His review of climate change politics from 2013 issue of the Annual Review of Political Science >From Shannon O’Lear: Reframing Climate Change: Constructing ecological geopolitics Edited by Shannon O'Lear, Simon Dalby Routledge – 224 pages http://routledge-ny.com/books/details/9781138794375/ >From Philip Barnes: While not a textbook, I suggest Chapter 1, entitled "The Right is Right", from Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything. In the chapter she provides a decent summary of the (mostly American) political opposition to climate change policy. Really, in my opinion, it is impossible to talk strictly about the politics of climate change without incorporating the political economy of policy options to address the problem. That's where the really interesting and insightful stuff lies. Along those lines, Hulme's Why We Disagree About Climate Change is a good book, if not a bit dated at this point. Best of luck with the course. >From Elizabeth De Santo: Do you know the "Very Short Introductions" series? May be of use: http://www.veryshortintroductions.com/view/10.1093/actrade/9780198719045.001.0001/actrade-9780198719045 I think on Amazon they cost $5-10. That link is one on climate change, which I have used, but there may be others in the series that are of interest as well. Good luck! And my favorite, from Paul Wapner: The best book I know is, Harris, What's Wrong with Climate Politics. Check it out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
