Hans A. Baer

Global Capitalism and Climate Change

The Need for an Alternative World System

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now in its second edition, Global Capitalism and Climate Change situates anthropogenic climate change in the context of global capitalism as it stands today and explores the systemic changes necessary to create a more socially just, democratic, and environmentally sustainable world system.

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Produktdetails

• Environment and Society
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781666901788
• ISBN-10: 1666901784
• Artikelnr.: 62480974

Autorenporträt

Hans A. Baer is principal honorary research fellow in the School of Social Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Impact of Climate Change on the Environment and Human
Societies
Chapter 2: The Capitalist World System and its Contradictions
Chapter 3: The Capitalist Treadmill of Production and Consumption as a
Generator of
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Chapter 4: The Inadequacies of Existing Climate Regimes for Mitigating
Climate Change
Chapter 5: Why Green Capitalism Is Insufficient to Mitigate Climate Change
Chapter 6: The Climate Movement: Internationally, Nationally, and Locally
Chapter 7: Visions of the Future: Dystopia, Reflexive Modernization, and
Eco-Socialism
Chapter 8: Toward a Socio-Ecological Revolution: System-Challenging
Transitional Reforms
Conclusion: Climate Change, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and the Need for
Eco-Socialism