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The Climate Threat. Crisis for Democracy?

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Authors:
  1. Jon Naustdalslid

    1. Ängelholm, Sweden

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  • Defends democracy as the best type of government to handle climate change
  • Provides a critical analysis of the current global strategy to combat climate change
  • Contains a critical chapter on climate engineering which is very often lacking in available climate literature

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A key point in the book is the need to focus more seriously at the energy problem as the real problem behind global warming. The failure of global climate policies to reduce CO2 emissions and halt climate change has led an increasing number of scientist and activists to lose confidence in democracy's ability to handle climate change and led them to look to more authoritarian measures to meet the problem. The book documents these trends, also from a historical perspective, criticize them and sketches more democratic alternatives.

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Climate Threat and Democracy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Point of Departure

      • Jon Naustdalslid
      Pages 3-20

    3. The Climate Problem and Climate Policy

      • Jon Naustdalslid
      Pages 21-45

  3. Anti-democratic Threats

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. The Anti-democratic Legacy and the Dream of Eco-Dictatorship

      • Jon Naustdalslid
      Pages 49-64

    3. The Current Climate Debate and the Threat to Democracy

      • Jon Naustdalslid
      Pages 65-91

    4. Popular Climate Revolts and the Undermining of Democracy

      • Jon Naustdalslid
      Pages 93-114

    5. The “Non-political” Solution to the Climate Problem

      • Jon Naustdalslid
      Pages 115-135

  4. Democratic Alternatives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. An Unruly Problem

      • Jon Naustdalslid
      Pages 139-164

    3. Contributions to Democratic Responses to the Climate Problem

      • Jon Naustdalslid
      Pages 165-190

    4. The Dream of Paradise

      • Jon Naustdalslid
      Pages 191-205

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 207-214
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Ängelholm, Sweden

    Jon Naustdalslid

About the author

Jon Naustdalslid is a political scientist and nonfiction author. He has had a long professional career from the university system and the social science institute sector, including as long-term leader of the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR). He has published a number of articles and books on social governance, climate, and the environment.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Climate Threat. Crisis for Democracy?

  • Authors: Jon Naustdalslid

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34471-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-34470-1Published: 22 August 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-34473-2Published: 23 August 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-34471-8Published: 21 August 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 214

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Climate, general, Civil Law, Political Science

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