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Author:   Stuart Sim
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.683kg
ISBN:  

9780748637669

ISBN 10:   0748637664
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   26 May 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I: The Problems; 1. Introduction: The Carbon Footprint Wars: What is at Stake?; 2. Global Warming: The Evidence For; 3. Global Warming: The Arguments Against; 4. The Globalization Paradigm: Defenders and Detractors; Part II: The Solutions; 5. Reducing Our Carbon Footprint: Altering Lifestyles; 6. Living With Our Carbon Footprint: The Technological Response; Part III: The Consequences; 7. Worst-Case Scenarios: Economic; 8. Worst-Case Scenarios: Socio-Political; 9. Worst-Case Scenarios: Technological and Environmental; Part IV: Reassessing Global Priorities; 10. Reconstructing Geopolitical Relationships: The Ethical Dimension; 11. Reconstructing Geopolitical Narratives: A Radical Democratic Globe?; 12. Conclusion: Survival, Disaster, Trade-Off; Postscript; Notes; Bibliography.

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Stuart Sim is Professor of Critical Theory at the University of Sunderland. His most recent books are Manifesto for Silence: Confronting the Politics and Culture of Noise and Empires of Belief: Why We Need More Scepticism and Doubt in the Twenty-First Century both from Edinburgh University Press.

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