Atmospheric Justice - A Political Theory of Climate Change (Hardcover)

When policies and activities within one country and generation cause deleterious consequences for those of other nations and later generations, they constitute serious injustices. Recognizing this, the international climate policy development process has expressly aimed to mitigate the pressing contemporary environmental threat in a manner that promotes justice and avoids injustice as they attempt to deal with anthropogenic climate change. Yet, while making justice a primary objective of global climate policy has been its noblest aspiration, it remains an onerous challenge for policymakers. Atmospheric Justice is the first single-authored work of political theory that addresses this pressing challenge via the conceptual frameworks of justice, equality, and responsibility. Throughout Vanderheiden carefully sets out ways to achieve environmental justice, as he explores how climate change raises issues of international and intergenerational justice in addition to considering how the design of a global climate regime might take these aims into account. Engaging with and expanding on the principles of renowned political philosopher John Rawls to account for future generations, Vanderheiden address the pressing issue of global climate change via the conceptual frameworks of justice, equality, and responsibility. Demonstrating how political theory can usefully contribute toward a better understanding of the proper human response to climate change, as well as how the climate case offers insights into resolving contemporary controversies within political theory, the book offers a case study in which the application of normative theory to policy allows readers to betterunderstand both. Thoroughly researched and persuasively argued, Atmospheric Justice makes an important step toward providing us with a set of carefully elaborated first principles for achieving environmental justice.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2008
First published:	April 2008
Authors:	Steve Vanderheiden (Assistant Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies)
Dimensions:	242 x 182 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-533460-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Embargos & sanctions
LSN:	0-19-533460-4
Barcode:	9780195334609

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