CARBON DEMOCRACY

Order Description Question 1. In Carbon Democracy, Timothy Mitchell argues that the world is facing “twin crises” (6) that will radically change our current ways of living, and in particular our current forms of political and economic life: the end of oil abundance and global climate change. What has been the role of crisis in shaping our world today, and how might the future look in the context of these twin crises? In addition to Timothy Mitchell, use at least two theorists from after the first exam to construct an argument about the relationship between crisis and political and economic change. Question 2. In Carbon Democracy, Timothy Mitchell argues that the governance of capitalist nations via ‘the economy’ and later ‘the market’ limit the ability of citizens to make democratic claims. What has been the relationship between democracy and capitalism since the end of World War II? Has capitalism promoted democracy or inhibited democracy? How? In addition to Mitchell, use at least two theorists from after the first exam to make your argument.