Governing Climate

How Science and Politics Have Shaped Our Environmental Future

Zeke Baker

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University of California Press
05 December 2024

Sociology; Global warming

After decades of debate about global warming, the fact of the climate crisis is finally widely accepted. People at all scales—from the household to the global market—are attempting to govern climate to deal with its causes and impacts. Although the stakes are different now, governing climate is centuries old. In this book, Zeke Baker develops a genealogy of climate science that traces the relationship between those who have created knowledge of the climate and those who have attempted to gain power and govern society, right up to the present, historic moment. Baker draws together over two centuries of science, politics, and environmental change to demonstrate the ""co-production"" of climate knowledge and power-seeking activity, with a focus on the United States. This book provides a fresh account of contemporary issues transecting science and climate politics, specifically the rise of ""climate security,"" and examines how climate science can either facilitate or reconcile the unequal distribution of power and resources.

By: Zeke Baker
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780520401303
ISBN 10: 0520401301
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 05 December 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Zeke Baker is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University and coeditor of Climate, Science and Society.

Reviews for Governing Climate: How Science and Politics Have Shaped Our Environmental Future

“A great read to stretch the mind. . . Spengler interrogates that idea in conjunction with the core of Darwin’s great idea, when he says. . .’Darwin used domestication as his most compelling case study for convincing humanity that evolution is real’.” * Garden History *