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This fully revised and expanded new edition provides a short and
accessible introduction to how climate change is governed by an
increasingly diverse range of actors, from civil society and
business actors to multilateral development banks, donors, and
cities. The issue of global climate change has risen to the top of
the international political agenda. Despite ongoing contestation
about the science informing policy, the economic costs of action
and the allocation of responsibility for addressing the issue
within and between nations, it is clear that climate change will
continue to be one of the most pressing and challenging issues
facing humanity for many years to come. The book: Evaluates the
role of states and non-state actors in governing climate change at
multiple levels of political organization: local, national, and
global Provides a discussion of theoretical debates on climate
change governance, moving beyond analytical approaches focused
solely on nation-states and international negotiations Examines a
range of key topical issues in the politics of climate change
Includes multiple examples from both the north and the global south
Providing an inter-disciplinary perspective drawing on geography,
politics, international relations, and development studies, this
book is essential reading for all those concerned not only with the
climate governance but with the future of the environment in
general.
"When Fritz, the Janitor's bad kid, Went snooping in the basement,
He found a rock snugly hid Beneath the window casement. He struck a
match with one fell swoop; Then, on the concrete kneeling, he lit
the rocket and--she--oop! It shot up through the ceiling." Long
before Richard Scarry or Dr. Seuss, an American artist delighted a
generation of children and their parents with hilarious,
topsy-turvy illustrations and slightly subversive tales told in
rhyme. This was illustrator/author Peter Newell. Originally
published in 1912, The Rocket Book remains as profoundly enjoyable
and incredibly popular as ever. This classic work will delight
readers of all ages with the story of how a rocket launched from
the basement floor of an apartment building and how it interrupts
the day. Peter Newell (1862-1924) began his career as an artist
drawing portraits, using crayons as his medium. In his fantastic
humor, many believe, is the first appearance of the gentle humor of
the absurd which The New Yorker has subsequently developed to such
a high level.
This fully revised and expanded new edition provides a short and
accessible introduction to how climate change is governed by an
increasingly diverse range of actors, from civil society and
business actors to multilateral development banks, donors, and
cities. The issue of global climate change has risen to the top of
the international political agenda. Despite ongoing contestation
about the science informing policy, the economic costs of action
and the allocation of responsibility for addressing the issue
within and between nations, it is clear that climate change will
continue to be one of the most pressing and challenging issues
facing humanity for many years to come. The book: Evaluates the
role of states and non-state actors in governing climate change at
multiple levels of political organization: local, national, and
global Provides a discussion of theoretical debates on climate
change governance, moving beyond analytical approaches focused
solely on nation-states and international negotiations Examines a
range of key topical issues in the politics of climate change
Includes multiple examples from both the north and the global south
Providing an inter-disciplinary perspective drawing on geography,
politics, international relations, and development studies, this
book is essential reading for all those concerned not only with the
climate governance but with the future of the environment in
general.
Multiple 'green transformations' are required if humanity is to
live sustainably on planet Earth. Recalling past transformations,
this book examines what makes the current challenge different, and
especially urgent. It examines how green transformations must take
place in the context of the particular moments of capitalist
development, and in relation to particular alliances. The role of
the state is emphasised, both in terms of the type of incentives
required to make green transformations politically feasible and the
way states must take a developmental role in financing innovation
and technology for green transformations. The book also highlights
the role of citizens, as innovators, entrepreneurs, green consumers
and members of social movements. Green transformations must be both
'top-down', involving elite alliances between states and business,
but also 'bottom up', pushed by grassroots innovators and
entrepreneurs, and part of wider mobilisations among civil society.
The chapters in the book draw on international examples to
emphasise how contexts matter in shaping pathways to sustainability
Written by experts in the field, this book will be of great
interest to researchers and students in environmental studies,
international relations, political science, development studies,
geography and anthropology, as well as policymakers and
practitioners concerned with sustainability.
Multiple 'green transformations' are required if humanity is to
live sustainably on planet Earth. Recalling past transformations,
this book examines what makes the current challenge different, and
especially urgent. It examines how green transformations must take
place in the context of the particular moments of capitalist
development, and in relation to particular alliances. The role of
the state is emphasised, both in terms of the type of incentives
required to make green transformations politically feasible and the
way states must take a developmental role in financing innovation
and technology for green transformations. The book also highlights
the role of citizens, as innovators, entrepreneurs, green consumers
and members of social movements. Green transformations must be both
'top-down', involving elite alliances between states and business,
but also 'bottom up', pushed by grassroots innovators and
entrepreneurs, and part of wider mobilisations among civil society.
The chapters in the book draw on international examples to
emphasise how contexts matter in shaping pathways to sustainability
Written by experts in the field, this book will be of great
interest to researchers and students in environmental studies,
international relations, political science, development studies,
geography and anthropology, as well as policymakers and
practitioners concerned with sustainability.
Born in the Mexican state of Morelos more than 100 years ago,
murdered at the age of 40 in 1919, described as the greatest outlaw
known to the Western World, Emiliano Zapata was the purest
"embodiment" of the Mexican revolution. Also includes a short
account of the evolution of the "ejidos" and common lands of
Mexico.
Energy transitions are fundamental to achieving a zero-carbon
economy. This book explains the urgently needed transition in
energy systems from the perspective of the global political
economy. It develops an historical, global, political and
ecological account of key features of energy transitions: from
their production and financing, to how they are governed and
mobilised. Informed by direct engagement in projects of energy
transition, the book provides an accessible account of the
real-world dilemmas in accelerating transitions to a low carbon
economy. As well as changes to technology, markets, institutions
and behaviours, Power Shift shows that shifts in power relations
between and within countries, and across social groups and
political actors, are required if the world is to move onto a more
sustainable path. Using contemporary and historical case studies to
explore energy transitions, it will be of interest to students and
researchers across disciplines, policymakers and activists.
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Mother Goose for Grown-ups
Guy Wetmore Carryl, Peter Newell, Gustave Verbeek
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'Development is a process, Amartya Sen famously noted, of
'expanding the real freedoms that people enjoy'. But freedoms
depend upon on political and civil rights, or more properly a
corpus of rights capable of removing such unfreedoms as tyranny,
exclusion and neglect. Rights, Resources and the Politics of
Accountability is the first study to seriously explore how the poor
claim, contest and secure rights and how the rights of the powerful
are deployed to defend their privileges and to control resources
and access to power. Drawing upon exemplary case studies - spanning
the globe from Mexico to Nigeria to India to the US - Newell and
Wheeler have laid out a provocative new agenda for thinking about
not simply the existence of a discourse of rights in development,
but struggles over their character and institutionalisation, and
the competing forms and mechanisms of accountability by which the
poor can improve their well-being. A state-of-the-art book:
theoretically rich, empirically compelling and irresistibly
forward-looking.' - Michael Watts, Director of African Studies, UC
Berkeley 'This book is fascinating not only because it puts
accountability at the centre of the debate between rights and
access to resources and questions some inherently flawed
assumptions about accountability oft repeated by today's
development pundits, it is fascinating because it tells stories
about how poor and marginalized come together to negotiate and
claim their rights to resources from the rich and the powerful.'
Chandra Bhushan, Associate Director of the Centre for Science and
Environment, New Delhi.
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Mr. Munchausen (Paperback)
John Kendrick Bangs, Peter Newell
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