Discourses of Global Climate Change: Apocalyptic framing and political antagonisms [Hardcover]

1. Introduction: Discourses of climate change and global environmental politics  2. The discourse of Industrial Fatalism: Keeping the promise of modernity intact  3. Green Keynesian discourse  4. Now or Never? Eco-socialism in the Climate Change debate  5. Climate sceptical discourse  6. The UN Conference in Copenhagen and beyond  7. Apocalyptic framing and conservative action? A concluding discussion

Through the Swedish context, Anshelm and Hultman offer provocative accounts of how circulating global discourses about various aspects of climate science-policy shape a spectrum of perceived engagements. This is a compelling tale of how patterns of communicating about climate change are intertwined with our 21st century patterns of practice.

If climate change threatens the very core of civilization, why do micro-practices of risk management dominate the policy responses? Discourses of Global Climate Change uses discourse analysis to deepen our understanding of climate change politics. This clearly-written, provocative study will enrich the work of policymakers and climate scholars.

Nancy Langston, Michigan Technological University, USA

This is an important contribution to understanding the dramatic shifts in global climate debates over the last decade. It links politics and the discourses of climate change in Sweden and internationally. This allows a powerful tool to interrogate the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit and illuminate its far-reaching impacts.

This book provides an exceptionally insightful analysis of the politics of climate change in Sweden, and the predominant discolã·