Long Problems: Climate Change and the Challenge of Governing across Time (Hale)

A hardcover copy of Long Problems: Climate Change and the Challenge of Governing across Time, by Thomas Hale. This book is in very good condition, with slight wrinkling to corners and a tiny tear on back dustcover upper corner. The corner of one inner page has been creased. Retail price $29.95. Climate change and its consequences unfold over many generations. Past emissions affect our climate today, just as our actions shape the climate of tomorrow, while the effects of global warming will last thousands of years. Yet the priorities of the present dominate our climate policy and the politics surrounding it. Even the social science that attempts to frame the problem does not theorize time effectively. In this pathbreaking book, Thomas Hale examines the politics of climate change and other “long problems.” He shows why we find it hard to act before a problem’s effects are felt, why our future interests carry little weight in current debates, and why our institutions struggle to balance durability and adaptability. With long-term goals in mind, he outlines strategies for tilting the politics and policies of climate change toward better outcomes.