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Power and just transitions : struggles for a post-coal future in an Appalachian valley / John Gaventa and Gabe Schwartzman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gaventa, John, 1949- author.
- Schwartzman, Gabe, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Appalachian Region--Economic conditions--Case studies.
- Appalachian Region.
- Appalachian Region--Social conditions--Case studies.
- Poor--Appalachian Region--Case studies.
- Poor.
- Power (Social sciences)--Case studies.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Coal trade--Appalachian Region.
- Coal trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 237 pages) : maps, charts.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, [2026]
- Contents:
- Introduction: the challenge of just transitions
- 1. Intersecting inequalities and the failed promise of development
- 2. Setting the context: power, resistance, and the rise and decline of King Coal
- 3. Power and transitions
- 4. Old powerholders cling on: how the coal industry fights to maintain its dominance
- 5. Protecting the hegemony of coal: the rise of the conservative right
- 6. Financialization and the rise of corporate conservatism
- 7. Building collective power from below
- 8. Bottom up meets top down: a new policy moment?
- Conclusion: an interregnum between past and future?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780252048555 (electronic bk.)
- 0252048555 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40033083571
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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