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Subject(s)

• Climatic changes—Economic aspects [Browse]
• Globalization [Browse]
• Sustainable development [Browse]

Series

• Globalization and the environment. [More in this series]
• Globalization and the environment series [More in this series]

Summary note

This book constitutes an effort to develop a critical social science of climate change, one that posits its roots in global capitalism with its emphasis on profit-making, a treadmill of production and consumption, heavy reliance on fossil fuels, and commitment to ongoing economic expansion.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• 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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ISBN

• 1-282-13403-5
• 9786613806611
• 0-7591-2134-6

OCLC

• 855502207
• 806039177

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