Encountering Global Environmental Politics

by Maniates, Michael; Auer, Matthew (CON); Ayers, William (CON); Conca, Ken (CON); Dabelko, Geoffrey (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780847695423
• ISBN10: 0847695425
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

This collection draws students into conversation about global environmental threats, the tenuous links between knowledge and power, and ways of acting powerfully in service of sustainability. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Of Knowledge and Power	p. 1
The Classroom: Four Walls, Many Possibilities
Ecological Thinking: Studying Global Environmental Politics with a Wild Mind and a Mindful Heart	p. 17
Teaching as an Ethical Enterprise	p. 35
Knowledge That Empowers: Relearning the Basics of Global Ecopolitics
Global Environmental Politics: Impediments, Frames, and Tools	p. 47
Imagining the State	p. 71
Nonstandard Lessons from the "Tragedy of the Commons"	p. 87
The Last Pocket of Resistance: Environment and Security in the Classroom	p. 107
Civic Virtue and Classroom Toil in a Greenhouse World	p. 129
Education Expanded: Paths Are Made by Walking
Teaching with Theory Plays: The Example of the Ozone Layer in Renewing a Common World	p. 151
Water Trade: What Should the World Trade Organization Do?	p. 163
The Study of Global Environmental Politics in the Information Age	p. 181
Confronting the Multidisciplinary Classroom	p. 197
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: A Service-Learning Approach to Teaching and Learning Global Environmental Politics	p. 211
References	p. 231
Index	p. 247
About the Contributors	p. 259
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