The Green New Deal and the future of work / edited by Craig Calhoun and Benjamin Y. Fong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Calhoun, Craig J., 1952- editor.

Fong, Benjamin Y., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Green New Deal.

Work--Forecasting.

Work.

Climatic changes--Economic aspects.

Climatic changes.

Labor market.

Agriculture--Environmental aspects.

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]

Summary:

This book brings together leading experts to explore the possibilities of the Green New Deal, emphasizing the future of work. They examine transformations that are already underway and put forth bold new proposals that can provide jobs while reducing carbon consumption-building a world that is sustainable both economically and ecologically.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Introduction, by Craig Calhoun and Benjamin Y. Fong

Part I: The New Deal and the Green New Deal

1. From the New Deal to the Green New Deal, by Richard A. Walker

2. From Romance to Utilitarianism: Lessons on Work and Nature from the New Deal, by Hillary Angelo

3. A Green New Deal for Agriculture, by Raj Patel and Jim Goodman

Part II: What Is the Crisis of Work?

4. A Green New Deal for Care: Revaluing the Work of Social and Ecological Reproduction, by Alyssa Battistoni

5. Another World (of Work) Is Possible, by Stephanie Luce

6. Time for Rabble-Rousing: Lessons from the Historic Fight for Reduced Working Hours, by Wilson Sherwin

Part III: Delivering Jobs and Empowering Workers

7. Jobs for All: A Job Guarantee Puts Workers in the Driver's Seat, by Dustin Guastella

8. Unions and the Green New Deal, by Mindy Isser

9. "Fancy Funeral" or Radical Rebirth? Just Transition and the Future of Work(ers) in the United States, by Todd E. Vachon

10. Overcoming the Tragedy of Growth Machines, by Harvey Molotch

Part IV: Transforming Infrastructure

11. A Green New Deal for Housing, by Daniel Aldana Cohen

12. Low-Carbon, High-Speed: How a Green New Deal Can Transform the Transportation Sector, by J. Mijin Cha and Lara Skinner

13. Redesigning Political Economy: The Promise and Peril of a Green New Deal for Energy, by Clark A. Miller

Part V: The Work of Building a Better Society

14. Community Control and the Climate Crisis: Power, Governance, and Racial Capitalism, by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

15. Rethinking the Green New Deal: From War to Work, by Harry C. Boyte and Trygve Throntveit

16. How to Create Good Jobs, a Sustainable Environment, and a Durable and Successful Left Political Alliance Through a Green New Deal, by Richard Lachmann

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-231-55606-3

OCLC:

1336403695