Managing the Planet: The politics of the new millennium

by Norman Moss

Book Overview

We are at a watershed of history. The human race is now so numerous and its technological power so great that we are having an unprecedented impact on the biosphere, the entire planet. The need to control this impact is giving rise to a new kind of politics - the politics of the planet.

The most urgent problem we face is that of climate change. This book gives a vigorous and candid account of how governments tentatively felt their way to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853836443
• ISBN13: 9781853836442
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.7"