Climate Change and Civic Engagement: The Origins and Future of the Climate Justice MovementThe most recent scientific reporting suggests that the outlook for continued global warming is dire. Collective action and civic engagement by ordinary people around the world will prove decisive in slowing down global warming and supporting planetary survival. Climate Change and Civic Engagement demonstrates the origins, gains, and future trajectory of the climate movement. In analyzing collective action events around the world and exploring how the movement navigates the competing paradigms of climate denialism, decarbonization, and just transitions, this book includes:
This book shows readers the indispensability of social movement knowledge in forging effective climate justice movements. |
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