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ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYNegotiating Climate ChangeRadical Democracy and the Illusion of ConsensusAmanda Machin, University of Westminster, UKThis book provides a refreshing new perspective thatdecries the illusions of consensus in current climatechange discourse. It suggests that there are four mainaccounts of the issue; technological, economic, ethicaland deliberative democratic. Although each contributesimportant and different perspectives, all assume thatagreement is both accessible and necessary.Contents: Introduction: Where are the Politics of ClimateChange? * 1. Magic and Markets: Technological and EconomicApproaches * 2. Good Individuals: The Ethical Approach * 3.Beyond Conflict? The Deliberative Democratic Approach * 4.Celebrating Disagreement: the Radical Democratic Approach * 5.Political Responsibility and Climate Change * Conclusion: BeyondConsensus: Finding the Politics of Climate ChangeSeptember 2013 US176 ppHardback $134.95 9781780323985Paperback $34.95 9781780323978Published by Zed BooksBioSocietiesAn Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Studies of Life SciencesEdited by Nikolas RoseBioSocieties is committed to the scholarly explorationof the social, ethical and policy implications ofdevelopments in the life sciences and biomedicine.These developments are increasing our ability to controlour own biology; enabling us to create novel life forms;changing our ideas of 'normality' and 'abnormality';transforming our understanding of personal identity,family relations, ancestry and 'race'; altering our socialand personal expectations and responsibilities; reshapingglobal economic opportunities and inequalities;creating new global security challenges; and generatingnew social, ethical, legal and regulatory dilemmas.BioSocieties provides a crucial forum where the mostrigorous social research and critical analysis of these issues can intersect withthe work of leading scientists, social researchers, clinicians, regulators and otherstakeholders. BioSocieties defines the key intellectual issues at the science-societyinterface, and offers pathways to the resolution of the critical local, national andglobal socio-political challenges that arise from scientific and biomedical advances.ISSN: 17458552 / EISSN: 17458560For more information, please visit: www.palgrave-journals.com/biosoc/The Ecological HoofprintThe Global Burden of Industrial LivestockTony Weis, University of Western Ontario, CanadaThe Eological Hoofprint provides a rigorous and eyeopeninganalysis of global livestock production. Weisshows what this production means for the health ofthe planet, how it contributes to worsening humaninequality and how it constitutes a profound but invisibleaspect of the systemic violence.Contents: Preface * 1. Population Growth and Unequal Footprints* 2. The Other Population Bomb * 3. Meat, Modernity, and GlobalInequality * 4. Reverse Protein Factories * 5. Silent Violence:The Commodification of Sentient Beings * 6. Towards a MoreSustainable, Just, and Humane WorldDecember 2013 US224 ppHardback $125.95 9781780320977Paperback $24.95 9781780320960Published by Zed BooksClick on the regional link to view more product information or to buy.71