Environmental Change and Globalization: Double Exposures
Environmental Change and Globalization: Double Exposures – Review
In addition to the fact that this book is written in a lucid and concise manner, which is worthy of 5 * by itself, the authors meet two key contributions that are unique and powerful and definitely are of interest to a large audience: First, their theoretical framework of ‘Double Exposures’ moves beyond the independent analyses of the two ‘hot-topics’ of our century, Climate Change and Globalization, found in other works and combines them in a matter that is both accessible and eye-opening for anyone interested in either of these two fields. Especially Chapter 4: Pathways of Double Exposure is noteworthy, as it walks the reader through three various forms of double exposure in a orderly fashion and supported with famous case studies that are easy to connect with. Second, by repeatedly applying the framework, they also engage throughout the text in a (brave) discussion of winners and losers of these two forces. This is particularly illuminating as literature often times either just discusses the losers (e.g. global warming) or the winners (e.g. globalization). This book thus takes out from others by narrowly avoiding the sometimes dogmatic and opinionated views of comparable work. Based on my own interest in rural development (which is widely discussed at length in Chapter 5: Uneven Outcomes and Growing Inequalities), this book indeed makes a very strong and eventually leading contribution and can act as a original currently building block for further research or just to broaden ones own views.