Climate Action Upsurge: The Ethnography of Climate Movement Politics

by Stuart Rosewarne, James Goodman, Rebecca Pearse

Book Overview

In the late 2000s climate action became a defining feature of the international political agenda. Evidence of global warming and accelerating greenhouse gas emissions created a new sense of urgency and, despite consensus on the need for action, the growing failure of international climate policy engendered new political space for social movements. By 2007 a 'climate justice' movement was surfacing and developing a strong critique of existing official...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415816165
• ISBN13: 9780415816168
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"