03733nam 2200937 450 991081188240332120180619140121.01-78533-696-710.1515/9781785336966(CKB)4340000000210497(MiAaPQ)EBC5114142(DE-B1597)636105(DE-B1597)9781785336966(EXLCZ)99434000000021049720171123h20182018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierDemocratic eco-socialism as a real utopia transitioning into an alternative world system /Hans A. BaerNew York, [New York] ;Oxford, [England] :Berghahn,2018.©20181 online resource (306 pages) illustrations, tables1-78533-695-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Contradictions of the Capitalist World System at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter 2 Twentieth-Century Attempts to Create Socialism: Successes and Failures -- Chapter 3 Technoliberal and Countercultural Visions of the Future -- Chapter 4 Eff orts to Reconceptualize Socialism -- Chapter 5 The Role of Anti-systemic Movements in Creating a Socio-ecological Revolution -- Chapter 6 Transitional System-Challenging Reforms -- Chapter 7 Conclusion: The Future in the Balance -- References -- IndexAs global economic and population growth continues to skyrocket, increasingly strained resources have made one thing clear: the desperate need for an alternative to capitalism. In Democratic Eco-Socialism as a Real Utopia, Hans Baer outlines the urgent need to reevaluate historical definitions of socialism, commit to social equality and justice, and prioritize environmental sustainability. Democatic eco-socialism, as he terms it, is a system capable of mobilizing people around the world, albeit in different ways, to prevent on-going human socio-economic and environmental degradation, and anthropogenic climate change.SocialismCapitalismDemocracySocial ecologyanthropogenic.birth rate.capitalism.change of heart.climate change.compromise.culture.economic.economics.economy.ecosocialism.environmentalism.global.historical.history.human nature.justice.liberal.life changing.modern world.political.population growth.population.priorities.progressive.realistic.research.social equality.socialism.socioeconomic.sustainability.timely.true story.utopia.world history.Socialism.Capitalism.Democracy.Social ecology.335ME 3000rvkBaer Hans A.1944-1666414MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811882403321Democratic eco-socialism as a real utopia4025671UNINA