Democracy in a hotter time : climate change and democratic transformation / edited by David W. Orr ; foreword by Bill McKibben ; afterword by Kim Stanley. Robinson.
| Other author | Orr, David W., 1944- editor. |
| Other author | McKibben, Bill other. |
| Other author | Robinson, Kim Stanley other. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2023] |
| Description | pages cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part 1. Democracy? -- Democracy -- It's Who We Are and What the Earth Needs -- No Decarbonization without Democratization: To Save the Climate, Open Democracy -- Can Democracy Safeguard the Rights of Future Generations? Climate Change and Intergenerational Injustice -- Part 2. Roadblocks. Our Urgency of Now: Converging Global Crises in a Time of Political Evolution -- Embracing Complexity: Democratic Governance in the Long Emergency -- Governing Science, Technology, and Innovation in Hotter Times -- Confronting Climate Change in Extremely Online Times -- Can a Global Revolution Save the Climate (and Democracy)? -- Part 3. Policy and Law. Breaking Policy Gridlocks -- Democracy in a Hotter Time: Can the Constitution Save the Planet? -- What We Don't Expect, What We Know but Ignore, What We Wrongly Assume, and What We Need to Do -- Part 4. Education for Uncommon Sense. Academe, Democracy, and Climate Change -- New America and the Landscape of Democracy -- Watering the Roots of Democracy. |
| Abstract | "A stellar roster of essayists share their reimagings of the institutions of democracy and governance necessary to resolve the climate crisis, and call on the reader to do so as well"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Democracy in a hotter time Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2023] 9780262376471 |
| LCCN | 2022059067 |
| ISBN | 9780262048590 |
| ISBN | 0262048590 |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
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