General reading

Basic reading 2025/26

1. Adger, W.N. and Jordan, A. (eds). 2009. Governing Sustainability. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
2. Ansell, C. and Torfing, J. (eds). 2016. Handbook on Theories of Governance. E. Elgar: Cheltenham.
3. Barry, J. and Eckersley, R. (eds.). 2005. The State and the Global Ecological Crisis. MIT Press: Cambridge.
4. Biermann, F. et al. (eds.). 2009. International Organizations in Global Environmental Governance. Routledge: London.
5. Castree, N. and Braun, B. (eds.). 2001. Social Nature : Theory, Practice and Politics. John Wiley & Sons: Oxford.
6. Connelly, J. and Smith, G. 2012. Politics and the Environment from Theory to Practice. 3rd ed. Routledge: London.
7. Coolsaet, B. (ed.). 2021. Environmental Justice : Key Issues. Taylor & Francis: London.
8. Cronon, W. (ed.). 1995. Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature. North & Company: New York.
9. Dauvergne, P. (ed.). 2012. Handbook of Global Env. Politics. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham.
10. Descola, P. et Pàlsson, G. (eds). 1996. Nature and Society: Anthropological Perspectives. Routledge: London.
11. Dryzek, J. and Schlosberg, D. 2005. Debating the Earth: Environmental Politics Reader. UOP.
12. Eckersley, R. 2004. The Green State. MIT Press: Cambridge.
13. Evans, J. 2012. Environmental Governance. Routledge: London.
14. Hannigan, J. 2014. Environmental Sociology. Routledge: Abingdon and New York.
15. Harvey, D. 1996. Justice, Nature and the Geography of Difference. Blackwell: Cambridge.
16. Ioris, A.A.R. 2014. The Political Ecology of the State. Routledge: London.
17. Kjær, A.M. 2004. Governance. Polity: Cambridge.
18. Klein, N. 2015. This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate. Penguin: London.
19. Kovel, J. 2002. The Enemy of Nature. Zed Books: London.
20. Macnaghten, P. and Urry, J. 1998. Contested Natures. SAGE: London.
21. Martinez-Alier, J. 2002. The Environmentalism of the Poor. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham.
22. Meganck, R.A. and Saunier, R.E. 2009. Dictionary and Introduction to Global Environmental Governance. Taylor & Francis: London.
23. Mignolo, W.D. 2011. The Darker Side of Modernity. Duke University Press: Durham and London.
24. Merchant, C. 2005. Radical Ecology. 2nd edition. Routledge: New York and London.
25. Moore, J.W. 2015. Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital. Verso: London & N.Y.
26. Morin, J.-F. et al. 2020. Global Environmental Politics : Understanding Governance of the Earth. OUP.
27. Obeng-Odoom, F. 2020. The Commons in an Age of Uncertainty: Decolonizing Nature, Economy, and Society. University of Toronto Press: Toronto.
28. Park, J. et al. (eds.). 2008. The Crisis of Global Environmental Governance. Routledge: London & New York.
29. Peet, R. and Watts, M.J. (eds.). 2004. Liberation Ecologies. 2nd edition. Routledge: London.
30. Peet, R. et al. (eds). 2011. Global Political Ecology. Routledge: London and New York.
31. Pepper, D. 1984. The Roots of Modern Environmentalism. Croom Helm: London.
32. Saunier, R.E. and Meganck, R A. 2009. Dictionary and Introduction to Global Environmental Governance. Routledge: London.
33. Swyngedouw, E. 2004. Social Power and the Urbanization of Water. OUP: Oxford.
34. White, D. et al. 2016. Environments, Natures and Social Theory. Palgrave: London.
35. Wilson, J. and Swyngedouw, E. (eds.). 2015. The Post-political and its Discontents : Spaces of Depoliticization, Spectres of Radical Politics. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh.
36. In addition: regularly check the Dictionary of Human Geography
37. several relevant academic journals (Capitalism Nature Socialism, Environment & Planning, Geoforum, Antipode, etc.); you should use Scopus for bibliographic searches (www.scopus.com)

Basic reading 2024/25

• Bäckstrand, K & Kronsell, A eds. 2015. Rethinking the Green State : Environmental governance towards climate and sustainability transitions. 1st ed. London: Routledge. 📕 ⬇️
• Bevir, M & Rhodes, RAW, eds. 2016. Rethinking governance: ruling, rationalities and resistance. London, New York: Routledge. 📕 🏫
• Dabelko, GD & Conca, K, eds. 2019. Green Planet Blues : Critical Perspectives on Global Environmental Politics. 6th ed. New York & London: Routledge. 📕 ⬇️
• Evans, J & Thomas, C. Environmental Governance. 2nd ed. London & New York: Routledge. 📕 ⬇️
• Hackmann, H & Moser, SC & St. Clair, AL. The social heart of global environmental change. Nature Climate Change. 📄 ⬇️
• Holley, C & Gunningham, N & Shearing, C. 2012. The New Environmental Governance. 1st ed. London: Earthscan. 📕 ⬇️
• Ioris, A. 2014. The Political Ecology of the State : The basis and the evolution of environmental statehood. 1st ed. London & New York: Routledge. 📕 ⬇️
• Pattberg, P & Zelli, F, eds. 2016. Environmental Politics and Governance in the Anthropocene : Institutions and legitimacy in a complex world. 1st ed. London & New York: Routledge. 📕 ⬇️
• Underdal, A. 2010. Complexity and challenges of long-term environmental governance. Global Environmental Change Vol 20, Issue 3. 📄 🏫
• Thaler, RH & Sunstein, CR. 2009. Nudge : Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness. 2nd ed. New York: Penguin. 📕 ⬇️
• Whitehead, M. 2014. Environmental Transformations : A Geography of the Anthropocene. 1st ed. London & New York: Routledge. 📕 ⬇️
• Dauvergne, Peter. 2013. Handbook of Global Environmental Politics. 2nd ed. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 📕 ⬇️