The Politics of Green Transformations (Pathways to Sustainability)

By: Peter Newell and Ian Scoones and Melissa Leach

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Synopsis: Multiple ‘green transformations’ are required if humanity is to live sustainably on planet Earth. Recalling past transformations, this book examines what makes the current challenge different, and especially urgent. It examines how green transformations must take place in the context of the particular moments of capitalist development, and in relation to particular alliances. The role of the state is emphasised, both in terms of the type of incentives required to make green transformations politically feasible and the way states must take a developmental role in financing innovation and technology for green transformations. The book also highlights the role of citizens, as innovators, entrepreneurs, green consumers and members of social movements. Green transformations must be both ‘top-down’, involving elite alliances between states and business, but also ‘bottom up’, pushed by grassroots innovators and entrepreneurs, and part of wider mobilisations among civil society. The chapters in the book draw on international examples to emphasise how contexts matter in shaping pathways to sustainability Written by experts in the field, this book will be of great interest to researchers and students in environmental studies, international relations, political science, development studies, geography and anthropology, as well as policymakers and practitioners concerned with sustainability.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 220 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781317601111
Related ISBNs:: 9781315747378, 9781138792906, 9781138792890
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 05/23/22
Copyrighted By:: Ian Scoones, Melissa Leach, Peter Newell
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Ian Scoones
Edited by:: Melissa Leach
Edited by:: Peter Newell