1st Edition

The Politics of Climate Change Knowledge Labelling Climate Change-induced Uprooted People

By Nowrin Tabassum Copyright 2022
180 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

180 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

180 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book addresses political knowledge of climate change and its relation to labelling people affected by climate change, either as ‘climate refugees’ or as ‘climate change-induced displaced people or migrants’. By questioning the knowledge of climate change and subsequent labelling of people, this book will spark debate in studies of global climate politics and transnational policy networks.... Read more

1. The Puzzle and the Method

2. Conceptual Debates: Climate Refugees versus Climate Change-induced Displacements/Migrants

3. Knowledge and Knowledge Network Theory

4. Climate Change and Population Movement in Bangladesh

5. Components of the Knowledge Network Theory: Actors, Knowledge Brokers, and Climate Finance

6. The Shift from Climate Refugees to Climate Change-induced Displacement

7. Transnational Network: Bringing National and Local Interests in Line with the Donors’ Interests

8. The Present and the Future

Biography

Nowrin Tabassum works in the Department of Political Science at McMaster University, Canada.