Boggs Ecology and Revolution

Global Crisis and the Political Challenge
2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-28226-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 226 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Environmental Politics and Theory

Ecology and Revolution: Global Crisis and the Political Challenge is an in-depth exploration and analysis of the global ecological crisis (going far beyond the issue of global warming) in the larger context of historical conditions and political options shaped by the failure (and incapacity) of the existing political system to adequately confront the crisis.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boggs, C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction The Global Crisis Worsens The Political Impasse Liberal Delusions The Struggle For An Ecological Politics A Global Ecological Revolution? Strategic Dilemmas Ecology And Population

Über Autor(innen)

CARL E. BOGGS is a Professor of Social Sciences and Film Studies at National University in Los Angeles, USA. The author of 17 books, including most recently The Crimes of Empire (2010), The Hollywood War Machine (2008), and Imperial Delusions (2006), he has written extensively on social and political theory, American politics, European politics, and social movements. In 2006, he was recipient of the Charles McCoy Career Achievement Award by the American Political Science Association, and previously was Chair of the Caucus for a New Political Science. Since receiving his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, he has taught at Washington University – St. Louis, UCLA, University of Southern California, UC – Irvine, Carleton University, and Antioch University.