Anthony Giddens is the former director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is now a member of the House of Lords. His many books include The Third Way and Europe in the Global Age.
Climate change differs from any other problem that, as collective humanity, we face today. If it goes unchecked, the consequences are likely to be catastrophic for human life on earth. Yet for most people, and for many policy-makers too, it tends to be a 'back of the mind' issue. We recognise its importance and even its urgency, but for the most part it is swamped by more immediate concerns. Politicians have woken up to the dangers, but at the moment their responses are mainly on the level of gesture rather than being, as they have to be, both concrete and radical. Political action and intervention, on local, national and international levels, is going to have a decisive effect on whether or not we can limit global warming, as well as how we adapt to that already occurring. At the moment, however, Anthony Giddens argues controversially, we do not have a systematic politics of climate change. Politics-as-usual won't allow us to deal with the problems we face, while the recipes of the main challenger to orthodox politics, the green movement, are flawed at source. Giddens introduces a range of new concepts and proposals to fill in the gap, and examines in depth the connections between climate change and energy security. This book is likely to become a classic in the field. It will be of appeal to everyone concerned about how we can cope with what amounts to a crisis for our civilisation.
發表於2024-11-07
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吉登斯的這本書並不算深刻,但卻體現瞭他寬廣的事業和務實的精神。書中從科學發現和證據入手,全麵的分析瞭應對氣候變化的原則,氣候變化與綠色運動,國傢的角色,技術革新、碳稅和碳交易市場,如何在民主框架和multi-level governance,區域協作以及國際地緣政治背景下采取應...
評分如果說《2012》和以前的災難片有什麼不同的話,那就是很多人看瞭之後,都明白這很可能不僅僅藝術傢的無聊想象。近年來,關於全球變暖、氣候變化的宣傳鋪天蓋地,使得世界末日不再是抽象的神學概念而是可預見的未來。但是盡管如此,普通人的日常生活卻鮮有因此發生改變。對於這...
評分如果說《2012》和以前的災難片有什麼不同的話,那就是很多人看瞭之後,都明白這很可能不僅僅藝術傢的無聊想象。近年來,關於全球變暖、氣候變化的宣傳鋪天蓋地,使得世界末日不再是抽象的神學概念而是可預見的未來。但是盡管如此,普通人的日常生活卻鮮有因此發生改變。對於這...
評分旭東 哥本哈根對於普通人來說,實在是遠如天邊,關心眼下那一畝三分地的收成比玩弄那些捉摸不透的碳排放配額靠譜得多。生活一如既往要繼續,隻是不經意間氣候變化已經成為顯學,相關文獻汗牛充棟,問題在於,這些跟生龍活虎的生活有關係嗎? 關係很大。自從上世紀七十年代石...
評分旭東 哥本哈根對於普通人來說,實在是遠如天邊,關心眼下那一畝三分地的收成比玩弄那些捉摸不透的碳排放配額靠譜得多。生活一如既往要繼續,隻是不經意間氣候變化已經成為顯學,相關文獻汗牛充棟,問題在於,這些跟生龍活虎的生活有關係嗎? 關係很大。自從上世紀七十年代石...
圖書標籤: 氣候政治 通識課 climatechanging
中庸之作,也不知道是贊美還是揶揄。
評分吉登斯的資料夾
評分中庸之作,也不知道是贊美還是揶揄。
評分吉登斯的資料夾
評分吉登斯的資料夾
Politics of Climate Change 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載