Hans A. Baer

Global Capitalism and Climate Change (eBook, ePUB)

The Need for an Alternative World System

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Now in its second edition, Global Capitalism and Climate Change: The Need for an Alternative World System examines anthropogenic climate change in the context of global capitalism, a political economy that emphasizes profit-making, is committed to on-going economic growth, results in massive social inequality, fosters a treadmill of production and consumption, and is heavily reliant on fossil fuels. Looking ahead, Hans A. Baer explores the systemic changes necessary to create a more socially just, democratic, and environmentally sustainable world system capable of moving humanity toward a safer climate. This book is recommended for readers interested in anti-systemic efforts, including eco-anarchism, eco-feminism, the de-growth perspective, Indigenous voices, and the climate justice movement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781666901795
• Artikelnr.: 62601382

Autorenporträt

Hans A. Baer is principal honorary research fellow in the School of Social Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Hans was a Fulbright Scholar in at Humboldt University in East Berlin in the German Democratic Republic in 1988-1989. He has taught at several US universities, including George Peabody College for Teachers, St. John's University, the University of Southern Mississippi, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the University of California - Berkeley, Arizona State University, and at two Australian universities, namely the Australian National University and 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