Green growth : ideology, political economy and the alternatives / edited by Gareth Dale, Manu V. Mathai and Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oliveira, José Antonio Puppim de, 1966- editor.

Mathai, Manu V. (Manu Verghese), 1976- editor.

Dale, Gareth, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental economics.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

xi, 323 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Zed Books, 2016.

Contents:

Part I Contradictions of green growth

1 Can green growth really work? A reality check that elaborates on the true (socio-)economics of climate change / Ulrich Hoffmann Hoffmann, Ulrich 22

2 What is the 'green' in 'green growth'? / Larry Lohmann Lohmann, Larry 42

3 The how and for whom of green governmentality / Adrian Parr Parr, Adrian 72

4 Degrowth and the roots of neoclassical economics / James Meadway Meadway, James 90

Part II Case studies

5 Giving green teeth to the Tiger? A critique of 'green growth' in South Korea / Bettina Bluemling Bluemling, Bettina, Sun-Jin Yun Yun, Sun-Jin 114

6 Lessons from the EU: why capitalism cannot be rescued from its own contradictions / Birgit Mahnkopf Mahnkopf, Birgit 131

7 The green growth trap in Brazil / Ricardo Abramovay Abramovay, Ricardo 150

8 Green jobs to promote sustainable development: creating a value chain of solid waste recycling in Brazil / Anne Posthuma Posthuma, Anne, Paulo Sergio Muçouçah Muçouçah, Paulo Sergio 166

9 Trends of social metabolism and environmental conflict: a comparison between India and Latin America / Joan Martinez-Alier Martinez-Alier, Joan, Federico Demaria Demaria, Federico, Leah Temper Temper, Leah, Mariana Walter Walter, Mariana 187

Part III Emerging alternatives?

10 Beyond 'development' and 'growth': the search for alternatives in India towards a sustainable and equitable world / Ashish Kothari Kothari, Ashish 212

11 Reconsidering growth in the greenhouse: the Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) as a practical strategy for the twenty-first century / Job Taminiau Taminiau, Job, John Byrne Byrne, John 233

12 Alternatives to green growth? Possibilities and contradictions of self-managed food production / Steffen Böhm Böhm, Steffen, Maria Ceci Araujo Misoczky Misoczky, Maria Ceci Araujo, David Watson Watson, David, Sanjay Lanka Lanka, Sanjay 253.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781783604876

1783604875

OCLC:

940479920