Dear colleagues -- Sikina Jinnah and I are very happy to announce the release of our new edited volume, "New Earth Politics: Essays from the Anthropocene <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/new-earth-politics>" (MIT Press, 2016). The book has been designed with your students and you in mind. We hope that you will consider the book for your libraries and for course adoption.
The book gathers an extraordinary list of contributors to examine some of the most important themes in the field of global environmental politics. The essays are arranged in complementary pairs, and include reflections on pedagogy, new geopolitical realities, the power of social movements and international institutions, the drivers of environmental harm, and the narratives that prompt (or not) environmental action. The overriding question of the book is, what does it mean to be engaged in environmental scholarship, teaching, and learning on what is fast becoming a "New Earth"? Examination copy ordering instructions from MIT Press: "Examination copies of books are available at the discretion of the MIT Press to qualified instructors of relevant courses. We need complete course information to process your request. You may order an examination copy of New Earth Politics via this custom order form - http://mitpress.mit.edu/txbkreq/313231. Once you’ve submitted the online order form, you’ll receive confirmation that we’ve received your request. Please note: if this link doesn’t take you to a request form, please try copying and pasting the link into a different browser." I'm copying the table of contents below. Please do let me know if you have questions or comments about the book. We hope that your students and you find it valuable and provocative. All best, Simon Nicholson *New Earth Politics: Essays from the Anthropocene* Edited by Simon Nicholson and Sikina Jinnah *Table of Contents* *Introduction* Living on a New Earth, *Simon Nicholson and Sikina Jinnah * *Section 1: Causes of the New Earth* 1 The Changing Shape of Global Environmental Politics, *Ken Conca * 2 Green Earth: The Emergence of Planetary Civilization, *Daniel Deudney and Elizabeth Mendenhall* *Section 2: Scholarship as Engagement * 3 The Co-production of Knowledge about International Governance: Living on the Science/Policy Interface, *Oran R. Young * 4 Scholarship as Citizenship,* Richard Falk * *Section 3: Pedagogies of Hope * 5 Person/Planet Politics: Contemplative Pedagogies for a New Earth, *Karen T. Litfin * 6 Make Way for Hope: A Contrarian View, *Michael F. Maniates * *Section 4: New Earth Institutions * 7 Institutional Politics and Reform, *Kate O’Neill * 8 An Engaged Scholarship Narrative, *Maria Ivanova * *Section 5: Social Movements and Civil Society * 9 Autonomy and Activism in Civil Society, *Peter Jacques * 10 Converting the Environmental Movement into a Missionary Religious Force,* Erik Assadourian * *Section 6: New Earth Geopolitics * 11 Towards Sharing Our Ecospace, *Joyeeta Gupta * 12 China on the World Stage, *Judith Shapiro * *Section 7: Climate Change: The New Earth’s Defining Problem * 13 Energy Transformations, *Navroz Dubash * 14 Governing Climate Engineering, *Wil Burns and Simon Nicholson * *Section 8: Narrative Frames for Living on a New Earth * 15 Living at the Margins,* Paul Wapner * 16 The Sustainability Story: Exposing Truths, Half-Truths, and Illusions, *Peter Dauvergne* *Epilogue* Politics for a New Earth: Governing in the “Anthropocene,” Frank Biermann -- Simon Nicholson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of International Relations Director of the Global Environmental Politics Program School of International Service American University 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington DC 20016 // +1.202.885.1614 Links: Homepage <http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/snichols.cfm> // GEP Program <http://www.american.edu/sis/gep> // Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment <http://dcgeoconsortium.org/> New Book: *Global Environmental Politics: From Person to Planet <http://www.amazon.com/Global-Environmental-Politics-Person-Planet/dp/1612056490/> *(Routledge, 2015) Forthcoming Book: *New Earth Politics: Essays from the Anthropocene <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/new-earth-politics> *(MIT Press, 2016) New Special Issue: "Climate Engineering Law" <http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/18786561/5/2-4> (2015) *Climate Law *vol. 5 (2-4) TEDx Talk: "Climate Geoengineering: Coming Soon to a Planet Near You? <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2UoGcqIT3Q>" -- 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.
