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Climate Change and Ocean Governance: Politics and Policy for Threatened Seas

Climate Change and Ocean Governance: Politics and Policy for Threatened Seas Book Reviews Dryzek, John S., and Jonathan Pickering. 2019. The Politics of the Anthropocene. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Reviewed by Conrad George Pompeu Fabra University Scientific evidence indicates that we have entered a new geological epoch, termed the Anthropocene, in which human activities have become a significant geological force. How do we confront this new reality where our relationship with our biophysical environment has changed so significantly? On what basis do we determine how to respond? In The Politics of the Anthropocene, Dryzek and Pickering argue that rather than engaging with these critical questions, the core institutions of our society (like markets and states) instead severely constrain our ability to identify and then answer them. The authors argue that a “pathological path dependency” in our institutions systematically represses information on the Earth system to prioritize a narrow set of economic objectives. They attribute these behaviors to the critical importance of economic growth to these institutions and their origination in a time when our impact on the Earth system was significantly smaller. To address this problem, the authors propose the notion of “ecological reflexivity.” This concept builds off the established idea of reflexivity and involves confronting the core commit- http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Global Environmental Politics MIT Press

Climate Change and Ocean Governance: Politics and Policy for Threatened Seas

Nyman, Elizabeth
Global Environmental Politics , Volume 20 (3): 2 – Aug 1, 2020
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Book Reviews Dryzek, John S., and Jonathan Pickering. 2019. The Politics of the Anthropocene. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Reviewed by Conrad George Pompeu Fabra University Scientific evidence indicates that we have entered a new geological epoch, termed the Anthropocene, in which human activities have become a significant geological force. How do we confront this new reality where our relationship with our biophysical environment has changed so significantly? On what basis do we determine how to respond? In The Politics of the Anthropocene, Dryzek and Pickering argue that rather than engaging with these critical questions, the core institutions of our society (like markets and states) instead severely constrain our ability to identify and then answer them. The authors argue that a “pathological path dependency” in our institutions systematically represses information on the Earth system to prioritize a narrow set of economic objectives. They attribute these behaviors to the critical importance of economic growth to these institutions and their origination in a time when our impact on the Earth system was significantly smaller. To address this problem, the authors propose the notion of “ecological reflexivity.” This concept builds off the established idea of reflexivity and involves confronting the core commit-

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