000 02339 a2200373 4500
001 1040262988
005 20250328151420.0
008 250324042024GB eng
020 _a9781040262986
_qEA
040 _a01
041 _aeng
072 7 _aRNPG
_2thema
072 7 _aJPHV
_2thema
072 7 _aRND
_2thema
072 7 _aRNT
_2thema
072 7 _aJPS
_2thema
072 7 _aQDTS
_2thema
072 7 _aRNPG
_2bic
072 7 _aJPHV
_2bic
072 7 _aRND
_2bic
072 7 _aRNT
_2bic
072 7 _aJPS
_2bic
072 7 _aHPS
_2bic
072 7 _aSCI092000
_2bisac
072 7 _aPOL007000
_2bisac
072 7 _aPOL044000
_2bisac
072 7 _a321.8
_2bisac
100 1 _aDaniel Lindvall
245 1 0 _aClimate Change and the Endurance of Democracy
250 _a1
260 _aOxford
_bRoutledge
_c20241126
300 _a156 p
520 _bThis book explores the challenges climate change poses to the endurance of democracy, situating this theme within the context of the decline in global freedom documented since the early 21st century. It discusses how disaster events have historically affected human reasoning and agency and how the climate crisis is likely to influence democratic development in the future. Climate extreme events can provide opportunities for autocratic leaders to curtail rights and freedoms, but they can also create critical junctures where the social and political discourse within society is reshaped and where incumbent regimes are contested. The book illustrates how climate change may generate food insecurity, economic recessions and deepen socioeconomic inequalities. These effects may contribute to democratic backsliding but can also create new conditions for social mobilization. The democratic consequences of climate change are thus not primarily determined by the forces of nature, but by human responses and the social, economic and political conditions of the affected country. In the long-term perspective, however, climate change will have several negative effects on democratic stability. The book concludes that for human freedom and democracy to endure, modern society needs to be brought into balance with nature. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate governance, environmental politics, energy policy and global development.
999 _c8128
_d8128