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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461922703321

Titolo

Climate change and the crisis of capitalism : a chance to reclaim self, society and nature / / edited by Mark Pelling, David Manuel-Navarrete and Michael Redclift

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-46174-9

9786613461742

0-203-14611-5

1-136-50768-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in human geography ; ; 37

Altri autori (Persone)

Manuel-NavarreteDavid

PellingMark

RedcliftM. R

Disciplina

363.738/74

Soggetti

Capitalism

Climatic changes - Economic aspects

Climatic changes - Political aspects

Global environmental change

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Climate Change and the Crisisof Capitalism; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1. Climate change and the crisis of capitalism: Mark Pelling, David Manuel-Navarrete and Michael Redclift; Part I:Problem framing; 2. Living with a new crisis: climate change and transitions out of carbon dependency: Michael Redclift; 3. Policy discourses of resilience: Katrina Brown; 4. Resilience and transformation: Mark Pelling; Part II: Resilience and thepower-knowledge interface; 5. Paradigm shift in US climate policy but where is the system shift?: Marcus Carson

6. Lessons from the urban poor: Collective action and the rethinking of development: Diana Mitlin7. A suitable climate for political action? A sympathetic review of the politics of transition: Peter North and Molly



Scott Cato; 8. Ecological modernisation and the spaces for feasible action on climate change: Andy Gouldson and Rory Sullivan; Part III: Beyond capitalism: critical theory and de-growth; 9. Climate change, 'the cancer stage of capitalism' and the return of limits to growth: Towards a political economy of sustainability: John Barry

10. The ideology of growth: Tourism and alienation in Akumal, Mexico: David Manuel-NavarretePart IV: The new politics of climate change; 11. Utopian thought as a missed opportunity and leverage point for systemic change: Mattias Hjerpe and Björn-Ola Linnér; 12. Resource exchange, political strategy and the 'new' politics of climate change: Ian Bailey and Hugh Compston; Part V: Conclusion; 13. Conclusions: Alienation, reclamation and a radical vision: David Manuel-Navarrete, Mark Pelling and Michael Redclift; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Are established economic, social and political practices capable of dealing with the combined crises of climate change and the global economic system? Will falling back on the wisdoms that contributed to the crisis help us to find ways forward or simply reconfigure risk in another guise? This volume argues that the combination of global environmental change and global economic restructuring require a re-thinking of the priorities, processes and underlying values that shape contemporary development aspirations and policy.This volume brings together leading scholars to address these qu