The Politics of the Anthropocene

This is a book about how politics, government - and much else - needs to change in response to the transition from the Holocene to the Anthropocene, the emerging epoch of human-induced instability in the Earth system and its life-support capacities.

Author: Dryzek
Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
Published: 02/06/2019
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780198809623

About the Author
John S. Dryzek, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Centenary Professor Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra, Jonathan Pickering, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra

John S. Dryzek is Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and Centenary Professor in the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra. He is best known for his contributions in democratic theory and practice and environmental politics. He is co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Deliberative Democracy (2018) and The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society (2011), and the author of many books, including The Politics of the Earth (3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 2013).

Jonathan Pickering is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra. His research focuses on global environmental governance, climate ethics and policy, and deliberative democracy. His research has been published in a range of journals including Climate Policy, Ecological Economics, Global Environmental Politics, International Environmental Agreements, and World Development.