Description
A comparison of how societal actors in different geographical, political and cultural contexts understand agents and drivers of sustainability transformations.
About the Author
Bjoern-Ola Linner is Professor of Environmental Change at Linkoepings Universitet, Sweden. He leads internationally recognized research on transnational climate governance and geopolitics of sustainability transformations. He has long experience as advisor in international climate governance and sustainable development research policy. He is author of The Return of Malthus (2003) and co-author of The Political Economy of Climate Change Adaptation (2015). Victoria Wibeck is Professor of Environmental Change at Linkoepings Universitet, Sweden. Her research focuses on communication studies. She is a recognized authority on sense-making of complex sustainability challenges, social representations of climate change, and communicative aspects of environmental management by objectives. Wibeck has internationally unique expertise in methodology for cross-country focus group research.
Reviews
'This deeply researched project, produced by two Swedish professors of environmental change, extracts the meanings of sustainability transformation from national and international policy documents, and completes the portrait through analysis of vivid focus group interactions from sites in Cabo Verde, Guangzhou (China), Fiji, Sweden, and Boulder (US) ... Linner and Wibeck (both, Linkoeping Univ.) conclude that strong, inclusive, and transparent institutions are essential for pursuing the path forward. The book includes an excellent bibliography, and will benefit advanced students and their instructors in international relations, public policy, and environmental studies.' D. B. Robertson, Choice
Book Information
ISBN 9781108720373
Author Bjoern-Ola Linner
Format Paperback
Page Count 246
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 520g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 174mm * 12mm