| Can Democracy Handle Climate Change? Contributor(s): Fiorino, Daniel J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1509523952 ISBN-13: 9781509523955 Publisher: Polity Press OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Globalization - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 363.738 |
| LCCN: 2017055179 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.52 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Global climate change poses an unprecedented challenge for governments across the world. Small wonder that many experts question whether democracies have the ability to cope with the causes and long-term consequences of a changing climate. Some even argue that authoritarian regimes are better equipped to make the tough choices required to tackle the climate crisis.In this incisive book, Daniel Fiorino challenges the assumptions and evidence offered by sceptics of democracy and its capacity to handle climate change. Democracies, he explains, typically enjoy higher levels of environmental performance and produce greater innovation in technology, policy, and climate governance than autocracies. Rather than less democracy, Fiorino calls for a more accountable and responsive politics that will provide democratically-elected governments with the enhanced capacity for collective action on climate and other environmental issues. |