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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828606003321

Autore

Goods Caleb

Titolo

Greening auto jobs : a critical analysis of the green job solution / / Caleb Goods

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-9925-0

0-7391-8981-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Disciplina

331.7/6292220994

Soggetti

Green movement - Australia

Job creation - Australia

Automobile industry and trade - Australia

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

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Ch01. Introduction; Ch02. What is a Green Job?; Ch03. Green Jobs as an Environmental and Economic Battleground; Ch04. The Response of Some Key Australian Unions to Green Jobs; Ch05. The Automotive Industry; Ch06. Crisis in the Global Automotive Industry and the Green Shift; Ch07. Green Cars, Green Jobs; Ch08. Analyzing the Green Shift; Ch09. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Greening Auto Jobs: A Critical Analysis of the Green Job Solution provides a major contribution to the growing and important field of environmental sociology and labor studies by providing a theoretical and practical understanding of how the broader political-economic relations of society affect the relationship between labor and the environment.