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Title Interpretive approaches to global climate governance : (de)constructing the greenhouse / edited by Chris Methmann, Delf Rothe and Benjamin Stephan
Published New York : Routledge, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 264 pages)
Series Interventions
Interventions (Routledge (Firm))
Contents pt. 1. The economization of climate change -- pt. 2. The securitization of climate change -- pt. 3. The technocratization of climate change -- pt. 4. Between de- and re-politicization
Summary Global climate change is perceived to be one of the biggest challenges for international politics in the 21st century. This work seeks to fuse a global governance perspective together with different interpretive approaches, offering a novel way of looking at international climate politics. Equipped with a common interpretive tool-kit, the authors examine different issue-areas and excavate the contours of an overall pattern - the depoliticisation of climate governance. It is this concept which represents the overarching theme connecting the different contributions, addressing issues such as how the securitization of climate change conceals its socio-economic roots; how highly political decisions and value-judgements are couched in the terms of science; how the reframing of climate change as a matter of economic calculation and investment narrows the scope of political action; and how the prevailing concentration on technological solutions to climate change turns it into a mere administrative issue to be tackled by experts. Highlighting the depoliticisation of highly political issues provides a means to bring the political back into one of the most important issue areas of 21st century world politics. The editors have assembled a series of 14 interpretive inquiries into discourses of global climate governance which aim to flesh out an interpretive methodology, demonstrating the value it offers to those seeking to achieve a better understanding of global climate governance. Chris Methmann, Delf Rothe and Benjamin Stephan are all at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Publisher's note
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Environmental policy.
Climatic changes -- Government policy.
Global warming -- Government policy
Greenhouse gases -- Government policy
environmental policy.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control.
Changement climatique.
Politique de l'environnement.
Effets sur l'environnement.
Gouvernance mondiale.
Climatic changes -- Government policy
Environmental policy
Global warming -- Government policy
Greenhouse gases -- Government policy
Form Electronic book
Author Methmann, Chris
Rothe, Delf
Stephan, Benjamin
ISBN 9781135924058
1135924058
9781299641211
1299641210
0203385578
9780203385579
9781135924126
1135924120