Hans A. Baer

Global Capitalism and Climate Change

The Need for an Alternative World System

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 744g
• ISBN-13: 9780759121324
• ISBN-10: 075912132X
• Artikelnr.: 35058361

Autorenporträt

Hans A. Baer is senior lecturer in the School of Social and Political Sciences and the Centre for Health and Society at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
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: A Vision of an Alternative World System: Toward Global Democracy
Based on Social Justice and Environmental Sustainability
Chapter 7: Toward an Ecological Revolution: Progressive Transitional
Reforms
Chapter 8: Grass-roots Responses to the Climate Change: Internationally,
Nationally, and Locally
Chapter 9: Conclusion
Resource Guide
Bibliography
Index
About the Author