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SEMINAR: Political Science and International Relations Seminar Series 2019

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Today's date is Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Political Science and International Relations Seminar Series 2019 : Title:Environmental Populism: The Politics of Survival in the Anthropocene Other events...
Populism is popular but generally gets a bad press—for good reasons. But could populism actually be a progressive force in domestic and even international politics? Recent movements such as Occupy Wall Street and the abortive Arab Spring suggest it might. This presentation previews my forthcoming book and considers—more in hope than expectation—whether a populist upsurge could actually mobilise around the issue of climate change. We will undoubtedly be forced to respond to climate change eventually, but thoughtful, constructive responses may no longer be possible by the time we do. Yet public pressure to make policymakers act in environmentally sustainable ways is still just about possible. Progressive forms of populism, especially in democratic states, could compel even the most conservative politicians to take climate change seriously before it is too late. As Mrs Thatcher might have said, as far as the majority of us who have no influence over policy are concerned, there really is no alternative. This presentation is based on Mark’s new book of the same name.

Speaker(s) Professor Mark Beeson
Location UWA School of Social Sciences building, room 2.63
Contact Flavia Zimmermann <[email protected]>
Start Tue, 06 Aug 2019 13:00
End Tue, 06 Aug 2019 14:00
Submitted by Karen Eichorn <[email protected]>
Last Updated Mon, 05 Aug 2019 09:16
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