Climate Change As Political Catastrophe - Before Collapse

This book argues that climate change is politically catastrophic in that it threatens to undermine the conditions necessary for justice and stable democratic government. It explores pressing questions relating to the design of climate policy, authoritarian climate emergency powers, and the nature and role of climate disobedience.

List of contents

• 1: Environmentalism, or Barbarism


• 2: Climate Change, Catastrophe, and the Circumstances of Justice


• 3: Political Legitimacy, Authoritarianism, and Climate Change


• 4: Disobedience in a Climate of Necessity


• 5: Exiting Eden


• Appendix: Further notes on climate change and scarcity


• References

About the author

Ross Mittiga is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Graz's Department of Philosophy. Prior to that, he held an assistant professorship in political theory at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, after receiving his PhD in Government from the University of Virginia in 2018. His primary research centers on the political and ethical implications of the climate crisis. His work has appeared in a number of leading journals, including the American Political Science Review, Philosophical Studies, and the Review of Politics.

Summary

This book argues that climate change is politically catastrophic in that it threatens to undermine the conditions necessary for justice and stable democratic government. It explores pressing questions relating to the design of climate policy, authoritarian climate emergency powers, and the nature and role of climate disobedience.

Product details

• Authors: Ross Mittiga, Ross (Researcher and Lecturer Mittiga
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.02.2024
• EAN: 9780192868879
• ISBN: 978-0-19-286887-9
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, Global Warming, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory