Global capitalism and climate change : the need for an alternative world system /

Many progressive scholars, particularly in the social sciences, have increasingly come to acknowledge that anthropogenic climate change constitutes yet another contradiction of global capitalism. This book constitutes an effort to develop a critical social science of climate change, one that posits...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baer, Hans A., 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : AltaMira Press, c2012.
Colección:Globalization and the environment.
Temas:
Climatic changes > Economic aspects.
Globalization.
Sustainable development.
Climat > Changements > Aspect économique.
Mondialisation.
Développement durable.
globalism.
sustainable development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Theory.
Climatic changes > Economic aspects
Globalization
Sustainable development
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The impact of climate change on the environment and human societies
  • The capitalist world system and its contradictions
  • The capitalist treadmill of production and consumption as a generator of greenhouse gas emissions
  • The inadequacies of existing climate regimes for mitigating climate change
  • Why green capitalism is insufficient to mitigate climate change
  • A vision of an alternative world system : toward global democracy based on social justice and environmental sustainability
  • Toward an ecological revolution : progressive transitional reforms
  • Grass-roots responses to the climate change : internationally, nationally, and locally
  • Conclusion.

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