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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151667103321

Autore

Craig Martin P. A

Titolo

Ecological political economy and the socio-ecological crisis / / by Martin P. A. Craig

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-40090-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 135 p. 5 illus. in color.)

Collana

Building a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research & Policy

Disciplina

339.5

Soggetti

Political economy

Political theory

Environmental law

Environmental policy

Environmental sociology

International Political Economy

Political Theory

Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice

Environmental Politics

Environmental Policy

Environmental Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Ecological Political Economy and Socio-Ecological Crisis -- Chapter 2. Two Conceptualisations of Socio-Ecological Crisis -- Chapter 3. Diagnosing Socio-Ecological Crisis -- Conclusion. Towards an Ecological Political Economy.

Sommario/riassunto

Critically synthesising a range of disparate literatures and debates, this book asks what is at stake in mounting a decisive response to the ‘socio-ecological crisis’ - a crisis of humanity’s relationship with the rest of nature that places social life as we know it in jeopardy. Martin Craig proposes that political economists within and beyond the field of political ecology make an indispensable contribution to the diagnosis of this crisis and the formulation of prescriptions for its resolution. In a



wide-ranging yet concise exposition, he assess the fraught relationship between capitalist societies and the biosphere of which they are a part, and urges a renewed emphasis on political-economic structure and strategy when considering responses to the crisis. The result is a proposal for a critical yet inclusive research enterprise – 'ecological political economy' – within which a wide variety of researchers can readily participate. Martin P.A. Craig is a research associate at the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Sheffield, UK.