The politics of green transformations / / edited by Ian Scoones, Melissa Leach and Peter Newell

• Autore: Scoones Ian
• Pubblicazione: Taylor & Francis, 2015; London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.58
• Soggetto topico: Green movement - Political aspects; Green movement - Economic aspects; Environmentalism - Political aspects; Environmentalism - Economic aspects
• Soggetto non controllato: Biodiversity; Climate Change; Conservation; Environmental economics; Environmental policy; Environmental studies; Sustainability; Sustainable development
• Classificazione: BUS072000POL044000
• Altri autori: LeachMelissa NewellPeter (Peter John) ScoonesIan
• Note generali: "earthscan from Routledge"--t.p.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; List of acronyms and abbreviations; 1 The politics of green transformations; 2 What is green? Transformation imperatives and knowledge politics; 3 Invoking 'science' in debates about green transformations: a help or a hindrance?; 4 Emancipating transformations: from controlling 'the transition' to culturing plural radical progress; 5 The politics of green transformations in capitalism ; 6 The political dynamics of green transformations: feedback effects and institutional context7 Green transformations from below? The politics of grassroots innovation; 8 Mobilizing for green transformations; 9 The green entrepreneurial state; 10 Financing green transformations; 11 Green transformation: is there a fast track?; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "Recalling past transformations, this book examines what makes the current challenge different, and especially urgent. It analyses how green transformations must take place in the context of the particular moments of capitalist development, and in relation to particular alliances. The book emphasises the role of the state and the role of citizens, as innovators, entrepreneurs, green consumers and members of social movements. Green transformations must be both 'top-down', involving elite alliances between states and business, but also 'bottom up', pushed by grassroots innovators and entrepreneurs, and part of wider mobilisations among civil society"--
• Titolo autorizzato: The politics of green transformations
• ISBN: 1-317-60111-4; 1-138-79290-X; 1-315-74737-5; 1-317-60112-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910545198803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pathways to sustainability series.