The Political Economy of the Low-Carbon Transition : Pathways Beyond Techno-Optimism /: Pathways Beyond Techno-Optimism. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Peadar Kirby, Tadhg O'Mahony.
• Authors: Kirby, Peadar; O'Mahony, Tadhg
• Contents: Section I: Climate change as problem -- Chapter 1: Defining the problem: The complex dimensions of the grave new threats we face -- Chapter 2: Framing the problem: How the climate change message is constructed -- Chapter 3: Addressing the problem: Understanding low-carbon transition with the social sciences -- Section II: Development pathways and the low-carbon future -- Chapter 4: Development models: Lessons from international development -- Chapter 5: Planning future pathways: Implications and outcomes of scenario studies -- Section III: Pathways in developed and developing countries -- Chapter 6: Development and sustainability in the wealthiest regions: Taking the high road? -- Chapter 7: Development and sustainability in the global South: Different routes to transition and a sustainable society -- Section IV: Pathways to a low-carbon future -- Chapter 8: Climate capitalism: How far can it get us? -- Chapter 9: Identifying an emerging paradigm: Towards ecosocialism? -- Chapter 10: Options and prospects for a global low-carbon transition.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (XIX, 303 pages 6 illustrations in color.), online resource
• Subjects: 304.2; Political science; Climatic changes; Economic policy; Economic development; Social change; Climatic changes; Economic development; Economic policy; Political science; Social change; Political Science and International Relations; International Political Economy; Development and Social Change; Climate Change; Climate Change Management and Policy; Development Policy; Development and Sustainability; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Science -- Environmental Science; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Social Science -- Developing Countries; Business & Economics -- Development -- Sustainable Development; Development studies; Climate change; The environment; Sustainability; Political economy; Economic development—Environmental aspects; Political Science -- Economic Conditions; Political economy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319625546; 3319625543
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.