Here's the third post on this topic, ahead of a symposium on Monday. You can read the first one here and the second one here. Mostly I'll be extolling the virtues of; Newell, P. and Paterson, M. (1998) A climate for business: global warming, the state and capital. Review of International Political Economy Vo.. 5... Continue Reading →
This below is from page 62-4 TABLER, R. (2008 ) The social construction of a special needs program for hurricanes PhD thesis University of South Florida. It is, imho, a better way of thinking about state-corporate rhetoric and agenda denial, than the standard "legitimacy" framework devised by Lindblom and so on (though those are good!) Counterrhetorics... Continue Reading →
Unless I win t'lottery on the weekend, I'll be at a symposium on Monday, about the politics of socio-technical transitions. My blog about the first two papers is here, fwiw. This one will cover the second two papers. There may be a third post before, on the fifth (optional) paper and some other stuff I... Continue Reading →
Life, as Tom Lehrer said, is like a sewer; what you get out of it depends on what you put into it. With that in mind I am going to write two (three? four?) blogposts about a symposium on the politics of sustainability transitions that I'll be at next Monday. Two or three before, based... Continue Reading →
Iron Ore royalties leave, just when we needed them most… All is not well in the great Southern quarry that tourists know for its koalas and Ramsay St. For the last ten years selling iron and coal (and building infrastructure to sell ever larger tonnage) kept Australian mining companies busy, and rich. But since early 2011... Continue Reading →
When PhD candidates review a book in 'their field' they face multiple dilemmas. If the book isn’t helpful to their research, they’ll be tempted (fairly or unfairly) to be dismissive. It’s too helpful, they’ll be resentful because someone else has Gotten To Their Topic first. And regardless, they may feel tempted (or scared) to slag... Continue Reading →
a crosspost from my "Climate Change histories" project - "All Our Yesterdays" You woulda thunk that the global "security" elite would be mildly concerned, given 20 years of warnings from their scientists. But they (and we) see the world as we want it to be, not as it is. #stoopidspecies and all that. The issue... Continue Reading →
Some Dutch citizens are suing their leaders for not taking climate change seriously (you can read about it here). While I wish them luck, a little historical context may be of interest. The Dutch were among the first (behind the Germans) to get their heads around climate change. There were high hopes and bold pronouncements. ... Continue Reading →
A 42-slide extravaganza exposing (some) of the mechanics of climate denial in the US. http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/fight-misinformation/global-warming-facts-and-fossil-fuel-industry-disinformation-tactics.html#.VR_xZCvF_9Y The trouble in Manchester is not outright "denial" but the obsession with inward investment and the horrific culture of the Labour Party. So it goes...
Which is, in so many ways, a very distant prospect... http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/comment/opinion/how-to-avoid-interview-pitfalls/2017760.article
marchudson.net 