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Environmental Politics: A Very Short Introduction by Andrew Dobson
This comprehensive guide from Oxford University Press examines the multifaceted nature of environmental politics in the modern world. Written by internationally-recognized authority Professor Andrew Dobson, this book provides readers with an accessible yet thorough exploration of how environmental concerns shape political decisions at every level.
Understanding Environmental Politics Across Multiple Scales
Environmental politics operates simultaneously at individual, governmental, local, and international levels. This book examines how environmental concerns drive everything from minor business adjustments to wholesale corporate transformations, international treaties to local agreements. Professor Dobson presents both protest-oriented environmental movements and accommodationist approaches, offering readers a balanced perspective on contemporary environmental political action.
The Anthropocene and Future Political Challenges
Looking forward, Dobson addresses critical questions about whether mainstream politics can adequately accommodate environmental concerns. The book explores the Anthropocene—a new geological epoch defined by human environmental impact—and whether this era signals a necessary break from the growth-dominated politics that has characterized society since the Industrial Revolution.
Expert Analysis from a Leading Authority
Professor Andrew Dobson taught politics, political theory, and environmental politics at Keele University and the Open University. His internationally-recognized work has been translated into Spanish, Greek, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, and Japanese. Previous publications include Citizenship and the Environment (OUP, 2003) and Listening for Democracy: recognition, representation, reconciliation (OUP, 2014).
Part of the Very Short Introductions Series
The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles covering almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books deliver expert knowledge in an accessible format, combining facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make challenging topics highly readable. Perfect for students, professionals, or anyone seeking to understand environmental politics quickly and thoroughly.
Environmental politics has many faces and operates at multiple scales: it preoccupies individuals as well as governments, drives local agreements as well as international treaties, results in minor business changes as well as wholesale business decisions, and fluctuates between a politics of protest and one of accommodation.
In this Very Short Introduction Andrew Dobson offers a lively and comprehensive commentary on the many facets of environmental politics today. Looking towards the future, he asks whether environmental politics will be comfortably accommodated by mainstream politics, or whether the advent of the Anthropocene - a whole new geological epoch driven by human impact on the environment - will herald a break with the politics of growth that has dominated social life since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the Author
Professor Andrew Dobson taught politics, political theory, and environmental politics at Keele University and the Open University. He is an internationally-recognised authority on environmental politics, and his work has been translated into Spanish, Greek, Korean, Mandarin Chinese and Japanese. Previous books include Citizenship and the Environment (OUP, 2003) and Listening for Democracy: recognition, representation, reconciliation (OUP, 2014).
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