Green Growth: Ideology, Political Economy and the Alternatives

ISBN-13: 9781783604876 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 336 str.

Gareth Dale; Manu V. Mathai; Jose Puppim De Oliveira

Opis

The discourse of green growth has recently gained ground in environmental governance deliberations and policy proposals. It is presented as a fresh and innovative agenda centered on the deployment of engineering sophistication, managerial acumen, and market mechanisms to redress the environmental and social derelictions of the existing development model. But the green growth project is deeply inadequate, whether assessed against criteria of social justice or the achievement of sustainable economic life upon a materially finite planet. This volume outlines three main lines of critique.First, it traces the development of the green growth discoursequaideology. It asks: what explains modern society s investment in it, why has it emerged as a master concept in the contemporary conjuncture, and what social forces does it serve? Second, it unpicks and explains the contradictions within a series of prominent green growth projects. Finally, it weighs up the merits and demerits of alternative strategies and policies, asking the vital question: If not green growth, then what?
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Spis treści

Introduction - Gareth Dale, Manu V. Mathai and Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira Part I: Contradictions of Green Growth 1. Can Green Growth Really Work? A Reality Check that Elaborates on the True (Socio-)Economics of Climate Change - Ulrich Hoffmann 2. What is the 'Green' in 'Green Growth'? - Larry Lohmann 3. The How and for Whom of Green Governmentality - Adrian Parr 4. Degrowth and the Roots of Neoclassical Economics - James Meadway Part II: Case Studies 5. Giving Green Teeth to the Tiger? A Critique of 'Green Growth' in South Korea - Bettina Bluemling and Sun-Jin Yun 6. Lessons from the EU: Why Capitalism Cannot be Rescued from its Own Contradictions - Birgit Mahnkopf 7. The Green Growth Trap in Brazil - Ricardo Abramovay 8. Green Jobs to Promote Sustainable Development: Creating a Value Chain of Solid Waste Recycling in Brazil - Anne Posthuma and Paulo Sergio Muçouçah 9. 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 III: Emerging Alternatives? 10. Beyond 'Development' and 'Growth': The Search for Alternatives in India Towards a Sustainable and Equitable World - Ashish Kothari 11. Reconsidering Growth in the Greenhouse: The Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) as a Practical Strategy for the Twenty-First Century - Job Taminiau and John Byrne 12. Alternatives to Green Growth? Possibilities and Contradictions of Self-Managed Food Production - Steffen Böhm, Maria Ceci Araujo Misoczky, David Watson and Sanjay Lanka