International handbook on social policy and the environment / edited by Tony Fitzpatrick ; contributors Nicholas Bardsley [and twenty one others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fitzpatrick, Tony, editor.

Bardsley, Nicholas, contributor.

Series:

Elgar original reference.

Elgar original reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy--Environmental aspects.

Social policy.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Environmental change is central to the global social policy challenges of the twenty-first century. This comprehensive Handbook brings together leading experts from around the world to address the most important questions and issues we face. How should welfare states adapt to environmental change? To what extent are the ecological and social policy agendas compatible? Must we contemplate radical reforms to the principles and organisation of welfare services? Combining cutting-edge theory and data in an interdisciplinary approach, this Handbook both summarises existing developments and suggests

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; PART I JUSTICE AND POVERTY; 1. The new social risks and opportunities of climate change; 2. Unequal emissions - unequal policy impacts: how do different areas of CO2 emissions compare?; 3. An ecosocial understanding of poverty; PART II INTERNATIONALDEVELOPMENTS; 4. The affordability of water and energy pricing: the case of Germany; 5. Green taxes in Scandinavia: do they contribute to (in)equality?; 6. ENGO activism in the EU: the G10, climate change and social policy

7. Environmental and health costs of economic globalization policies in Latin America8. Environmental and social policies in Japan; 9. Degrowth for sustainability, equality and poverty reduction: some lessons from Cuba; 10. Sustainability and the social economy in Canada: from resource reliance to resilience?; 11. Using markets to achieve environmental ends: reconciling social equity issues in ontemporary water policy in Australia; PART III MAKING AND IMPLEMENTING; 12. The interaction of EU climate policies:mechanisms and lessons; 13. Sustainable development by the multi-stakeholder model?

14. Education for sustainable development and welfare reform: a very British case study?PART IV ALTERNATIVE VISIONS; 15. Social rights and natural resources; 16. The nature of nature: Aristotle versus Epicurus; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-85793-613-1

OCLC:

881742987