Bibliograph

Democracy in a hotter time, climate change and democratic transformation, edited by David W. Orr ; foreword by Bill McKibben ; afterword by Kim Stanley Robinson

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Democracy in a hotter time, climate change and democratic transformation, edited by David W. Orr ; foreword by Bill McKibben ; afterword by Kim Stanley Robinson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-270) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Democracy in a hotter time

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1356891424

Responsibility statement

edited by David W. Orr ; foreword by Bill McKibben ; afterword by Kim Stanley Robinson

Sub title

climate change and democratic transformation

Summary

"A stellar roster of essayists share their reimagings of the institutions of democracy and governance necessary to resolve the climate crisis, and call on the reader to do so as well"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Part 1. Democracy? -- Democracy - It's Who We Are and What the Earth Needs -- No Decarbonization without Democratization: To Save the Climate, Open Democracy -- Can Democracy Safeguard the Rights of Future Generations? Climate Change and Intergenerational Injustice -- Part 2. Roadblocks. Our Urgency of Now: Converging Global Crises in a Time of Political Evolution -- Embracing Complexity: Democratic Governance in the Long Emergency -- Governing Science, Technology, and Innovation in Hotter Times -- Confronting Climate Change in Extremely Online Times -- Can a Global Revolution Save the Climate (and Democracy)? -- Part 3. Policy and Law. Breaking Policy Gridlocks -- Democracy in a Hotter Time: Can the Constitution Save the Planet? -- What We Don't Expect, What We Know but Ignore, What We Wrongly Assume, and What We Need to Do -- Part 4. Education for Uncommon Sense. Academe, Democracy, and Climate Change -- New America and the Landscape of Democracy -- Watering the Roots of Democracy

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