
Discourses of Global Climate Change
Apocalyptic framing and political antagonisms
- 202 pages
- English
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Discourses of Global Climate Change
Apocalyptic framing and political antagonisms
About this book
This book examines the arguments made by political actors in the creation of antagonistic discourses on climate change. Using in-depth empirical research from Sweden, a country considered by the international political community to be a frontrunner in tackling climate change, it draws out lessons that contribute to the worldwide environmental debate.
The book identifies and analyses four globally circulated discourses that call for very different action to be taken to achieve sustainability: Industrial fatalism, Green Keynesianism, Eco-socialism and Climate scepticism. Drawing on risk society and post-political theory, it elaborates concepts such as industrial modern masculinity and ecomodern utopia, exploring how it is possible to reconcile apocalyptic framing to the dominant discourse of political conservatism.
This highly original and detailed study focuses on opinion leaders and the way discourses are framed in the climate change debate, making it valuable reading for students and scholars of environmental communication and media, global environmental policy, energy research and sustainability.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: discourses of climate change and global environmental politics
- 2 The discourse of Industrial Fatalism
- 3 The Green Keynesian discourse
- 4 The Eco-socialist discourse
- 5 The Climate Sceptic discourse
- 6 The UN conference in Copenhagen and beyond
- 7 Apocalyptic framing and conservative action? A concluding discussion
- Index