The anthropocene debate and political science:

Anthropocene has become an environmental buzzword. It denotes a new geological epoch that is human‐dominated. As mounting scientific evidence reveals, humankind has fundamentally altered atmospheric, geological, hydrological, biospheric, and other Earth system processes to an extent that the risk of...

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Other Authors: Hickmann, Thomas 1982- (Editor), Partzsch, Lena 1978- (Editor), Pattberg, Philipp H. 1975- (Editor), Weiland, Sabine 1969- (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020
Edition:First issued in paperback
Series:Routledge research in global environmental governance
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:Anthropocene has become an environmental buzzword. It denotes a new geological epoch that is human‐dominated. As mounting scientific evidence reveals, humankind has fundamentally altered atmospheric, geological, hydrological, biospheric, and other Earth system processes to an extent that the risk of an irreversible system change emerges. Human societies must therefore change direction and navigate away from critical tipping points in the various ecosystems of our planet. This hypothesis has kicked off a debate not only on the geoscientific definition of the Anthropocene era, but increasingly also in the social sciences. However, the specific contribution of the social sciences disciplines and in particular that of political science still needs to be fully established. This edited volume analyzes, from a political science perspective, the wider social dynamics underlying the ecological and geological changes, as well as their implications for governance and politics in the Anthropocene. The focus is on two questions: (1) What is the contribution of political science to the Anthropocene debate, e.g. in terms of identified problems, answers, and solutions? (2) What are the conceptual and practical implications of the Anthropocene debate for the discipline of political science?
Item Description:"... conference "Global Environmental Politics in the Anthropocene" ... at the University of Potsdam in April 2017" (Acknowledgements)
Physical Description:xvi, 260 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:9780367534950

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