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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dale, Gareth, editor.

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

Oliveira, José Antonio Puppim de, 1966- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Environmental economics.

Economic development--Environmental aspects.

Economic development.

Climatic changes--Economic aspects.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2016.

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-314) and index.

ISBN:

9781350220553

1350220558

9781786844668

1786844664

9781783604906

1783604905

9781783604890

1783604891

OCLC:

938890658