Greening the Globe - World Society and Environmental Change

Informationen zum Autor Ann Hironaka is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. She studies environmental sociology, politics, and war from a global perspective. Her research examines the historical emergence of the global environmental regime and its impact on national policy and environmental practices around the world. Her work on environmentalism has appeared in the American Sociological Review, International Organization, and Social Forces. She is also a member of the American Sociological Association Task Force on Climate Change. Hironaka's first book, Neverending Wars (2005), examines the intractable civil wars of the contemporary era and the role of the international community in perpetuating these conflicts. Klappentext Greening the Globe discusses the success of international efforts to implement changes in environmental practices. Zusammenfassung Globalization has moved us toward becoming a world society with a common culture. Greening the Globe argues that international efforts to address environmental problems are often successful in the long run by setting the political agenda! by empowering environmental groups and citizens! and by changing our perceptions of environmental problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. World society and social change; 2. The origins of the global environmental regime; 3. Institutional structure; 4. Agents; 5. Cultural meaning; 6. The limits of international institutions; 7. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Ann Hironaka, Ann (University of California Hironaka, Hironaka Ann
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.06.2016
• EAN: 9781316608425
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60842-5
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Environmental, International Relations, Political structure & processes, Comparative Politics, International Environmental Law, Public international law: environment, Environmental policy and protocols