Green growth ideology, political economy and the alternatives / edited by Gareth Dale, Manu V. Mathai and Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira.
| Other author | Dale, Gareth. |
| Other author | Mathai, Manu V. (Manu Verghese), 1976- |
| Other author | Oliveira, José Antonio Puppim de, 1966- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Zed Books, 2016. |
| Description | xi, 323 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Contents | Introduction / Gareth Dale, Manu V. Mathai and Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira -- Part. I. Contradictions of green growth. Can green growth really work? : a reality check that elaborates on the true (socio- )economics of climate change / Ulrich Hoffmann -- What is the 'green' in 'green growth'? / Larry Lohmann -- The how and for whom of green governmentality / Adrian Parr -- Degrowth and the roots of neoclassical economics / James Meadway -- Part II. Case studies. Giving green teeth to the tiger? : a critique of 'green growth' in South Korea / Bettina Bluemling and Sun-Jin Yun -- Lessons from the EU : why capitalism cannot be rescued from its own contradictions / Birgit Mahnkopf -- The green growth trap in Brazil / Ricardo Abramovay -- Green jobs to promote sustainable development : creating a value chain of solid waste recycling in Brazil / Anne Posthuma and Paulo Sergio Muçouçah -- Trends of social metabolism and environmental conflict : a comparison between India and Latin America / Joan Martinez-Alier, Federico Demaria, Leah Temper and Mariana Walter -- Part III. Emerging alternatives? Beyond 'development' and 'growth' : the search for alternatives in India towards a sustainable and equitable world / Ashish Kothari -- Reconsidering growth in the greenhouse : the Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) as a practical strategy for the twenty-first century / Job Taminiau and John Byrne -- Alternatives to green growth? : possibilities and contradictions of self-managed food production / Steffen Böhm, Maria Ceci Araujo Misoczky, David Watson and Sanjay Lanka. |
| Abstract | Collection of essays bringing together various critical voices in assessing the ideology behind, and viability of, green growth policies, including case studies of the West, Asia and Latin America. --From publisher description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-314) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781783604906 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021443923 |
| ISBN | 9781783604876 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1783604875 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781783604883 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1783604883 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (mobi) |