Mikael Granberg

This book analyzes climate change from a societal risk perspective, considering IPCC data, harm reduction, and global impact. Climate change is a globalised agent of social disruption whose impacts will worsen societal inequities and inequalities around the world. For some unfortunate societies already precariously exposed, climate change will tip them into societal collapse. Devastation will also occur to many ecological values in which all societies are embedded. But effective social action can limit the extent of these costs and losses. Ultimately, only social transformation can limit the social and environmental harms of climate change. But what does this mean? To what extent is society at risk? Are such risks particularized and restricted to specific segments and localities? Or is society at risk in a more universal way? Climate risks are re-shaping the practices of households, communities, governments and businesses. In this way, climate risks are a dynamic element in social change and social processes. Risk holds a mirror to society, revealing who and what is prioritized, recognized and valued. It also provides a reckoning of our perceived strengths, vulnerabilities and weaknesses. This volume examines how we understand the societal risks of contemporary and forecast climate change impacts—and those risks inherent in dealing with these impacts. We know that society is fashioning a new global climate—but climate change is also re-fashioning society; this book explores this dynamic process and considers its implications for future society.

This book analyzes climate change from a societal risk perspective, considering IPCC data, harm reduction, and global impact. Climate change is a globalised agent of social disruption whose impacts will worsen societal inequities and inequalities around the world. For some unfortunate societies already precariously exposed, climate change will tip them into societal collapse. Devastation will also occur to many ecological values in which all societies are embedded. But effective social action can limit the extent of these costs and losses. Ultimately, only social transformation can limit the social and environmental harms of climate change. But what does this mean? To what extent is society at risk? Are such risks particularized and restricted to specific segments and localities? Or is society at risk in a more universal way? Climate risks are re-shaping the practices of households, communities, governments and businesses. In this way, climate risks are a dynamic element in social change and social processes. Risk holds a mirror to society, revealing who and what is prioritized, recognized and valued. It also provides a reckoning of our perceived strengths, vulnerabilities and weaknesses. This volume examines how we understand the societal risks of contemporary and forecast climate change impacts—and those risks inherent in dealing with these impacts. We know that society is fashioning a new global climate—but climate change is also re-fashioning society; this book explores this dynamic process and considers its implications for future society.

This book examines the political themes and policy perspectives related to, and influencing, climate change adaptation. It provides an informed primer on the politics of adaptation, a topic largely overlooked in the current scholarship and literature, and addresses questions such as why these politics are so important, what they mean, and what their implications are. The book also reviews various political texts on adaptation.

Denna femte upplaga av Moderna kommuner är grundligt reviderad och uppdaterad. Boken beskriver dels hur kommuner är inplacerade i det svenska statsskicket, dels hur de styrs formellt. Den behandlar även de kommunala verksamheterna, och hur idéer och praktik formar den kommunala demokratin och politiken. Boken vänder sig till studenter som läser om kommunal demokrati vid högskolor och universitet, eller på professionsutbildningar inom utbildning och välfärd. Den riktar sig också till verksamma i kommunal politik och förvaltning, som förhoppningsvis kan känna igen sig och få inspiration till samtal om den egna kommunens historia, nutid och framtid. Sagt om bokenBoken är pedagogiskt utformad med intressanta redogörelser för olika synsätt på frågekomplexen och med utmärkta sammanfattningar med tänkbara utvecklingstendenser. Helhetsbetyg: 5 av 5. Christer Olsson, lektör, BTJ-häftet nr 15, 2021. Om författarnaStig Montin är professor i offentlig förvaltning vid Förvaltningshögskolan, Göteborgs universitet. Hans huvudsakliga forskningsobjekt är kommuner och regioner samt relationen mellan stat och kommun. Mikael Granberg är professor i statsvetenskap och föreståndare för Centrum för forskning om samhällsrisker, Karlstads universitet. Huvudfokus för hans forskning är politisk styrning och organisering samt politiska processer i vid mening.

This book examines the political themes and policy perspectives related to, and influencing, climate change adaptation. It provides an informed primer on the politics of adaptation, a topic largely overlooked in the current scholarship and literature, and addresses questions such as why these politics are so important, what they mean, and what their implications are. The book also reviews various political texts on adaptation.