Böcker av Ronnie D. Lipschutz

Explores the growing role of global civil society and local environmental activism in the management and protection of the environment worldwide.

Environmental problems are, first and foremost, political and, therefore, about power. Using a framework of political economy and political ecology, the authors deconstruct current environmental problems to identify root causes and the possibilities to address problems through mobilization of collective action and social power.

Examination of systematic violations of US rights constitutions since 9/11

Traditional views of global environmental politics take the structures and relations of international politics as a given. Using a framework that accounts for the ontologies, material conditions, and power relations that structure global environmental problems, this title questions attempts to clean up the globe and sustain the natural resources.

Combines an historical account of American foreign and domestic politics 1945-1995 with summaries and analyses of 30 novels and films of the times, to give a sense of how Americans felt about themselves during the Cold War period and their collective anxiety about "the enemy" and the atomic bomb.