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Can Democracy Handle Climate Change?

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Availability:In StockContributor:Daniel J. FiorinoPublish date:2018-07-23Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:Polity PressISBN-13:9781509523962ISBN-10:1509523960UPC:9781509523962Book Category:Political Science, ScienceBook Subcategory:Globalization, Environmental ScienceSize:7.40 x 4.80 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.3902Product ID:SC2BE6EG2F
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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Polity PressISBN-13:9781509523962ISBN-10:1509523960UPC:9781509523962Book Category:Political Science, ScienceBook Subcategory:Globalization, Environmental ScienceSize:7.40 x 4.80 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.3902Product ID:SC2BE6EG2F
Daniel J Fiorino is Director of the Center for Environmental Policy at American University
Publisher: Polity Press

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