1st Edition

Managing the Planet The politics of the new millennium

By Norman Moss Copyright 2000
224 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
Dedication Introduction Chapter 1 Midgley's Children Chapter 2 The Climate of the Times Chapter 3 Who Does What? Chapter 4 Some Nitty-gritty Chapter 5 What Price the World? Chapter 6 Some More Nitty-gritty Chapter 7 New Ways of Doing Things Chapter 8 Near Future, Far Future Appendix Political News from a Warmer World: Items from the US Press in the Year 2060 Notes Bibliography Acronyms and Abbreviations Index

Biography

Norman Moss