Green growth : ideology, political economy, and the alternatives / edited by Gareth Dale, Manu V. Mathai and José A. Puppim de Oliveira.

Bringing together leading scholars of environmental policy and political economy, the book assess the impact and viability of green growth and outlines the alternatives.

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Other Authors: Dale, Gareth (Editor), Mathai, Manu V. (Manu Verghese), 1976- (Editor), Oliveira, José Antonio Puppim de, 1966- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Zed Books Ltd., 2016.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Gareth Dale, Manu V. Mathai and José A. Puppim de Oliveira
  • part. 1. Contradictions of green growth. Can green growth really work? A reality check that elaborates on the true (socio- )economics of climate change / Ulrich Hoffmann
  • What is the 'green' in 'green growth'? / Larry Lohmann
  • The how and for whom of green governmentality / Adrian Parr
  • Degrowth and the roots of neoclassical economics / James Meadway
  • part 2. Case studies. Giving green to the Tiger? A critique of 'green growth' in South Korea / Bettina Bluemling and Sun-Jin Yun
  • Lessons from the EU : why capitalism cannot be rescued from its own contradictions / Birgit Mahnkoff
  • The green growth trap in Brazil / Ricardo Abramovay
  • Green jobs to promote sustainable development : creating a value chain of solid waste recycling in Brazil / Anne Posthuma and Paulo Sergio Muçouçah
  • Trends of social metabolism and environmental conflict : a comparison between India and Latin America / Joan Martinez-Alier, Federico Demaria, Leah Temper and Mariana Walter
  • part 3. Emerging alternatives? Beyond 'development' and 'growth' : the search for alternatives in India towards a sustainable and equitable world / Ashish Kothari
  • Reconsidering growth in the greenhouse : the Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) as a practical strategy for the twenty-first century / Job Taminiau and John Byrne
  • Alternatives to green growth? Possibilities and contradictions of self-managed food production / Steffen Böhm, Maria Ceci Araujo Misoczky, David Watson and Sanjay Lanka
  • Notes
  • Index.