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Author:   Hans A. Baer
Publisher:   AltaMira Press
Imprint:   AltaMira Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.699kg
ISBN:  

9780759121324

ISBN 10:   075912132
Pages:   366
Publication Date:   28 June 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Chapter 1: The Impact of Climate Change on the Environment and Human Societies Chapter 2: The Capitalist World System and its Contradictions Chapter 3: The Capitalist Treadmill of Production and Consumption as a Generator of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Chapter 4: The Inadequacies of Existing Climate Regimes for Mitigating Climate Change Chapter 5: Why Green Capitalism is Insufficient to Mitigate Climate Change Chapter 6: A Vision of an Alternative World System: Toward Global Democracy Based on Social Justice and Environmental Sustainability Chapter 7: Toward an Ecological Revolution: Progressive Transitional Reforms Chapter 8: Grass-roots Responses to the Climate Change: Internationally, Nationally, and Locally Chapter 9: Conclusion Resource Guide Bibliography Index About the Author

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This book should be read by every student and teacher, unionist and business leader, and grassroots activist and politician. It will convince even the most hardened climate denialist. Baer's vigorous transdisciplinary analysis of global warming spells out the science, amplifies our political options for the future, and makes it very clear that 'green capitalism' trading in credits for 'hot air' will certainly not be enough. -- Ariel Salleh, author of Climate Strategy: Making the Choice between Ecological Modernisation or Living Well The virtue of Hans Baer's Global Capitalism and Climate Change is its realism-not the crackpot realism that is simply another form of denial, but the realist search for an alternative beyond today's capitalist climate catastrophe. In his concrete and relentless examination of the social aspects of the climate problem, Baer has few, if any, equals. -- John Bellamy Foster, editor, Monthly Review, and author with Fred Magdoff of What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism

This book should be read by every student and teacher, unionist and business leader, grassroots activist, and politician. It will convince even the most hardened climate denialist. Baer's vigorous transdisciplinary analysis of global warming spells out the science, amplifies our political options for the future, and makes it very clear that 'green capitalism, trading in credits for 'hot air, will certainly not be enough. -- Ariel Salleh, author of Climate Strategy: Making the Choice between Ecological Modernisation or Living Well The virtue of Hans Baer's Global Capitalism and Climate Change is its realism-not the crackpot realism that is simply another form of denial, but the realist search for an alternative beyond today's capitalist climate catastrophe. In his concrete and relentless examination of the social aspects of the climate problem, Baer has few, if any, equals. -- John Bellamy Foster, editor, Monthly Review, and author with Fred Magdoff of What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism

This book should be read by every student and teacher, unionist and business leader, grassroots activist, and politician. It will convince even the most hardened climate denialist. Baer's vigorous transdisciplinary analysis of global warming spells out the science, amplifies our political options for the future, and makes it very clear that 'green capitalism' trading in credits for 'hot air' will certainly not be enough. -- Ariel Salleh, author of Climate Strategy: Making the Choice between Ecological Modernisation or Living Well The virtue of Hans Baer's Global Capitalism and Climate Change is its realism--not the crackpot realism that is simply another form of denial, but the realist search for an alternative beyond today's capitalist climate catastrophe. In his concrete and relentless examination of the social aspects of the climate problem, Baer has few, if any, equals. -- John Bellamy Foster, editor, Monthly Review, and author with Fred Magdoff of What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism

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Hans A. Baer is senior lecturer in the School of Social and Political Sciences and the Centre for Health and Society at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

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