The climate crisis : South African and global democratic eco-socialist alternatives / / edited by Vishwas Satgar [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Johannesburg : , : Wits University Press, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 357 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 363.73874 |
Collana | Democratic Marxism series |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes
Climatic changes - Government policy Climatic changes - Government policy - South Africa Climatic changes - Social aspects Climate change mitigation |
ISBN |
1-77614-208-X
1-77614-207-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The climate crisis and systemic alternatives -- The limits of capitalist solutions to the climate crisis -- The anthropocene and imerpeial ecocide -- The employment crisis, just transition and the universal basic income grant -- The rights of Mother Earth -- Buen Vivir: an alternative perspective from the peoples of the global south to the crisis of capitalist modernity -- Challenging the growth paradigm: Marx, Buddha and the pursuit of "happiness" -- Ubuntu and the struggle for an African eco-socialist alternative -- The climate crisis and the struggle for African food sovereignty -- The climate crisis and a "just transition" in South Africa -- Energy, labour and democracy in South Africa -- Capital, climate and the politics of nuclear procurement in South Africa -- Climate jobs at two minutes to midnight -- Deepening the just transition through food sovereignty and the solidarity economy -- Eco-capitalist crises in the "Blue Economy" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910310645203321 |
Johannesburg : , : Wits University Press, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Knowledge systems and change in climate governance : comparing India and South Africa / / Babette Never |
Autore | Never Babette |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (186 p.) |
Disciplina |
363.738/74560968
363.73874560968 |
Collana | Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Government policy - India
Climatic changes - Government policy - India - Maharashtra Climatic changes - Government policy - South Africa Climatic changes - Government policy - South Africa - Western Cape Knowledge management - India Knowledge management - South Africa |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-315-79655-4
1-317-75089-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of tables; List of figures; 1 Introduction: climate governance in India and South Africa; 1.1 The concept of the climate knowledge system; 1.2 Some background on India and South Africa; 1.3 Overview of the actor landscape; 1.4 Structure of the book; 2 Why connecting learning, networks and change makes sense; 2.1 Defining climate governance; 2.2 Coalition building for change; 2.3 Learning through networks?; 2.4 The social construction of climate change: science, knowledge and power; 2.5 The role of business
2.6 How do these findings apply to large developing countries?3 Theorizing knowledge, practice and change in climate governance; 3.1 Adler's approach of cognitive evolution and communities of practice; 3.1.1 Introduction; 3.1.2 Communities of practice; 3.1.3 Cognitive evolution; 3.2 Theoretical advancement: climate knowledge systems; 3.2.1 Collective learning in a dynamic system; 3.2.2 Knowledge dimensions; 3.2.3 System elements, functions and hypotheses; 4 A mixed methods approach; 4.1 Research design; 4.2 Case selection and variance of variables; 4.3 Data collection and analysis 4.4 Validity, reliability and limitations of the study5 Change in figures: regulatory density, clean energy investment and carbon disclosure; 5.1 Policy change in India and South Africa between 2007 and 2010; 5.2 Clean energy investment data and R&D expenditure; 5.3 Carbon disclosure project data: frequencies; 5.4 Carbon disclosure project data: measures of association; 6 What the experts say: survey results; 6.1 Performance, drivers and problems of climate governance; 6.2 Actors' state of knowledge; 6.3 Communities of practice, discourse and change; 7 Features of a knowledge system in India 7.1 Drivers and problems of climate governance7.2 Communities of practice and their power; 7.2.1 Communities of practice at the national level; 7.2.2 Communities of practice in Maharashtra; 7.3 Knowledge and collective learning: cognitive evolution?; 7.3.1 The state of knowledge in 2007 and in 2010; 7.3.2 Pragmatic knowledge and practical rationality; 7.3.3 The public debate; 7.4 Conclusions; 8 Features of a knowledge system in South Africa; 8.1 Drivers and problems of climate governance; 8.2 Communities of practice and their power; 8.2.1 Communities of practice at the national level 8.2.2 Communities of practice in the Western Cape8.3 Knowledge and collective learning: cognitive evolution?; 8.3.1 The state of knowledge in 2007; 8.3.2 The state of knowledge in 2010; 8.3.3 The public debate; 8.3.4 Pragmatic knowledge and practical rationality; 8.4 Conclusions; 9 Meta-inference: explanatory power of the concept climate knowledge system; 9.1 The big picture: climate knowledge systems and change; 9.2 The power of communities of practice and the role of key individuals; 9.3 Pragmatic knowledge, practical rationality and economic incentives 9.4 Comparative hypothesis generation |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464619203321 |
Never Babette | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Knowledge systems and change in climate governance : comparing India and South Africa / / Babette Never |
Autore | Never Babette |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (186 p.) |
Disciplina |
363.738/74560968
363.73874560968 |
Collana | Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Government policy - India
Climatic changes - Government policy - India - Maharashtra Climatic changes - Government policy - South Africa Climatic changes - Government policy - South Africa - Western Cape Knowledge management - India Knowledge management - South Africa |
ISBN |
1-315-79655-4
1-317-75089-6 |
Classificazione | BUS072000POL044000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of tables; List of figures; 1 Introduction: climate governance in India and South Africa; 1.1 The concept of the climate knowledge system; 1.2 Some background on India and South Africa; 1.3 Overview of the actor landscape; 1.4 Structure of the book; 2 Why connecting learning, networks and change makes sense; 2.1 Defining climate governance; 2.2 Coalition building for change; 2.3 Learning through networks?; 2.4 The social construction of climate change: science, knowledge and power; 2.5 The role of business
2.6 How do these findings apply to large developing countries?3 Theorizing knowledge, practice and change in climate governance; 3.1 Adler's approach of cognitive evolution and communities of practice; 3.1.1 Introduction; 3.1.2 Communities of practice; 3.1.3 Cognitive evolution; 3.2 Theoretical advancement: climate knowledge systems; 3.2.1 Collective learning in a dynamic system; 3.2.2 Knowledge dimensions; 3.2.3 System elements, functions and hypotheses; 4 A mixed methods approach; 4.1 Research design; 4.2 Case selection and variance of variables; 4.3 Data collection and analysis 4.4 Validity, reliability and limitations of the study5 Change in figures: regulatory density, clean energy investment and carbon disclosure; 5.1 Policy change in India and South Africa between 2007 and 2010; 5.2 Clean energy investment data and R&D expenditure; 5.3 Carbon disclosure project data: frequencies; 5.4 Carbon disclosure project data: measures of association; 6 What the experts say: survey results; 6.1 Performance, drivers and problems of climate governance; 6.2 Actors' state of knowledge; 6.3 Communities of practice, discourse and change; 7 Features of a knowledge system in India 7.1 Drivers and problems of climate governance7.2 Communities of practice and their power; 7.2.1 Communities of practice at the national level; 7.2.2 Communities of practice in Maharashtra; 7.3 Knowledge and collective learning: cognitive evolution?; 7.3.1 The state of knowledge in 2007 and in 2010; 7.3.2 Pragmatic knowledge and practical rationality; 7.3.3 The public debate; 7.4 Conclusions; 8 Features of a knowledge system in South Africa; 8.1 Drivers and problems of climate governance; 8.2 Communities of practice and their power; 8.2.1 Communities of practice at the national level 8.2.2 Communities of practice in the Western Cape8.3 Knowledge and collective learning: cognitive evolution?; 8.3.1 The state of knowledge in 2007; 8.3.2 The state of knowledge in 2010; 8.3.3 The public debate; 8.3.4 Pragmatic knowledge and practical rationality; 8.4 Conclusions; 9 Meta-inference: explanatory power of the concept climate knowledge system; 9.1 The big picture: climate knowledge systems and change; 9.2 The power of communities of practice and the role of key individuals; 9.3 Pragmatic knowledge, practical rationality and economic incentives 9.4 Comparative hypothesis generation |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786666503321 |
Never Babette | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Knowledge systems and change in climate governance : comparing India and South Africa / / Babette Never |
Autore | Never Babette |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (186 p.) |
Disciplina |
363.738/74560968
363.73874560968 |
Collana | Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Government policy - India
Climatic changes - Government policy - India - Maharashtra Climatic changes - Government policy - South Africa Climatic changes - Government policy - South Africa - Western Cape Knowledge management - India Knowledge management - South Africa |
ISBN |
1-315-79655-4
1-317-75089-6 |
Classificazione | BUS072000POL044000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of tables; List of figures; 1 Introduction: climate governance in India and South Africa; 1.1 The concept of the climate knowledge system; 1.2 Some background on India and South Africa; 1.3 Overview of the actor landscape; 1.4 Structure of the book; 2 Why connecting learning, networks and change makes sense; 2.1 Defining climate governance; 2.2 Coalition building for change; 2.3 Learning through networks?; 2.4 The social construction of climate change: science, knowledge and power; 2.5 The role of business
2.6 How do these findings apply to large developing countries?3 Theorizing knowledge, practice and change in climate governance; 3.1 Adler's approach of cognitive evolution and communities of practice; 3.1.1 Introduction; 3.1.2 Communities of practice; 3.1.3 Cognitive evolution; 3.2 Theoretical advancement: climate knowledge systems; 3.2.1 Collective learning in a dynamic system; 3.2.2 Knowledge dimensions; 3.2.3 System elements, functions and hypotheses; 4 A mixed methods approach; 4.1 Research design; 4.2 Case selection and variance of variables; 4.3 Data collection and analysis 4.4 Validity, reliability and limitations of the study5 Change in figures: regulatory density, clean energy investment and carbon disclosure; 5.1 Policy change in India and South Africa between 2007 and 2010; 5.2 Clean energy investment data and R&D expenditure; 5.3 Carbon disclosure project data: frequencies; 5.4 Carbon disclosure project data: measures of association; 6 What the experts say: survey results; 6.1 Performance, drivers and problems of climate governance; 6.2 Actors' state of knowledge; 6.3 Communities of practice, discourse and change; 7 Features of a knowledge system in India 7.1 Drivers and problems of climate governance7.2 Communities of practice and their power; 7.2.1 Communities of practice at the national level; 7.2.2 Communities of practice in Maharashtra; 7.3 Knowledge and collective learning: cognitive evolution?; 7.3.1 The state of knowledge in 2007 and in 2010; 7.3.2 Pragmatic knowledge and practical rationality; 7.3.3 The public debate; 7.4 Conclusions; 8 Features of a knowledge system in South Africa; 8.1 Drivers and problems of climate governance; 8.2 Communities of practice and their power; 8.2.1 Communities of practice at the national level 8.2.2 Communities of practice in the Western Cape8.3 Knowledge and collective learning: cognitive evolution?; 8.3.1 The state of knowledge in 2007; 8.3.2 The state of knowledge in 2010; 8.3.3 The public debate; 8.3.4 Pragmatic knowledge and practical rationality; 8.4 Conclusions; 9 Meta-inference: explanatory power of the concept climate knowledge system; 9.1 The big picture: climate knowledge systems and change; 9.2 The power of communities of practice and the role of key individuals; 9.3 Pragmatic knowledge, practical rationality and economic incentives 9.4 Comparative hypothesis generation |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822356203321 |
Never Babette | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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