Cool Cities: Urban Sovereignty and the Fix for Global Warming

by Benjamin R. Barber

Book Overview

A pointed argument that cities--not nation-states--can and must take the lead in fighting climate change

Climate change is the most urgent challenge we face in an interdependent world where independent nations have grown increasingly unable to cooperate effectively on sustainability. In this book, renowned political theorist Benjamin R. Barber describes how cities, by assuming important aspects of sovereignty, can take the lead from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300224206
• ISBN13: 9780300224207
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.3"