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Today s students want to understand not only the causes and character of global environmental problems like climate change, species extinction, and freshwater scarcity, but also what to do about them. This book offers the most comprehensive, fair-minded, accessible, and forward-looking text for introducing students to the challenge of global environmental protection. Drawing on a diverse range of voices, the book sequentially explains our current predicament, examines what is being done to respond at a variety of levels from the international to the local, and outlines different, relevant strategic choices for genuine political engagement. Developed by two top researchers and master teachers of global environmental politics, the book brings together sharply written introductory essays with tightly edited selections from a broad cross section of thinkers to provide a text that will excite and educate students of global environmental affairs. In addition, the book introduces a series of exercises designed specifically to help students draw connections between their own lives and the broader challenge of global sustainability. "Global Environmental Politics: From Person to Planet" finally answers the question of how to teach students about environmental harm with a sober sense of ecological reality, a firm grasp on politics, and an optimistic look toward the future.Features of the text: "

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Book category Books in English Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects Interdisciplinary studies Peace studies & conflict resolution

• Full title: Global Environmental Politics
• Subtitle: From Person to Planet
• Author: Simon Nicholson, Paul Wapner
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 355
• EAN: 9781612056494
• ISBN: 1612056490
• ID: 04838452
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 564 g
• Dimensions: 156 × 230 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. August 2014

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