The climate change challenge and the failure of democracy /

Shearman, David J. C.

The climate change challenge and the failure of democracy / David Shearman and Joseph Wayne Smith. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, c2007. - xvii, 181 p. ; 24 cm. - Politics and the environment, 1932-3484 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Has democracy failed? -- Time and tide wait for no man -- Hunger and thirst: the theft of food and water -- Biodiversity, ecology, and population -- Democracy is what you think it is -- The end of politics? -- Moribund liberalism: the collapse of liberal values -- Is there an authoritarian alternative? -- Plato's revenge -- Can democracy be reformed?.

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Democracy.
Authoritarianism.
Climatic changes--Political aspects.
Environmental policy.

JC423 / .S496 2007

363/SHE / 3750