Socialist Register 2007
Coming to Terms with Nature
Κυκλοφορεί
ISBN: 978-960-449-343-2
Σαββάλας, Αθήνα, 4/2007
1η έκδ.
Γλώσσα: Αγγλικά
€ 19.70 (περ. ΦΠΑ 6%)
Βιβλίο, Χαρτόδετο
17 x 24 εκ., 729 γρ., 426 σελ.
Περιγραφή

The looming environmental crisis forces socialists to confront difficult questions thought and action.

- In capitalism threatened by the ecological crisis, or can it prevail in an increasingly degraded planet?
- What will the legacy of capitalism`s environmental destruction mean for any future socialist society?
- How can the socialist goal of international equality be met without aggravating the biosphere`s destruction?
- What are the implications of environmental destruction for any future socialist society?

Περιέχονται τα κείμενα:
- Neil Smith, "Nature as accumulation strategy"
- Elmar Altvater, "The social and environment of fossil capitalism"
- Daniel Buck, "The ecological question: can capitalism prevail?"
- Michael Lowy, "Eco-socialism and democratic planning"
- Costas Panayotakis, "Working more, selling more, consuming more: capitalism΄s third contradiction"
- Joan Martinez - Alier, "Social metabolism and environmental conflicts"
- Greg Albo, "The limits of eco-localism: scale, trategy, socialism"
- Frieder Otto Wolf, "Party-building for eco-socialists: lessons from the failed project of the German Greens"
- Philip McMichael, "Feeding the world: agriculture development and ecology"
- Erik Swyngedouw, "Water, money and power"
- Achim Brunnengraber , "The political economy of the Kyoto protocol"
- Heather Rogers, "Garbage capitalism΄s green commerce"
- Barbara Harriss - White , Elinor Harriss , "Unsustainable capitalism: the politics of renewable energy in the UK"
- Jamie Peck , "Neoliberal hurricane: who framed New Orleans?"
- Dale Wen , Minqi Li , "China: hyper-development and environmental crisis"
- Henry Bernstein , Philip Woodhouse, "Africa: eco-populist utopias and (micro-)capitalist realities"
- Brenda Longefellow, "Weather report: image from the climate crisis"

THE SEVENTEEN ESSAYS OF THE VOLUME ARE:
NATURE AS ACCUMULATION STRATEGY
THE SOCIAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF FOSSIL CAPITALISM
THE ECOLOGICAL QUESTION: CAN CAPITALISM PREVAIL?
ECO-SOCIALISM AND DEMOCRATIC PLANNING
WORKING MORE, SELLING MORE, CONSUMING MORE: CAPITALISM'S 'THIRD CONTRADICTION'
SOCIAL METABOLISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS
THE LIMITS OF ECO-LOCALISM: SCALE, STRATEGY, SOCIALISM
PARTY-BUILDING FOR ECO-SOCIALISTS: LESSONS FROM THE FAILED PROJECT OF THE GERMAN GREENS
FEEDING THE WORLD: AGRICULTURE, DEVELOPMENT AND ECOLOGY
WATER, MONEY AND POWER
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE KYOTO PROTOCOL
GARBAGE CAPITALISM'S GREEN COMMERCE
UNSUSTAINABLE CAPITALISM: THE POLITICS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN THE UK
NEOLIBERAL HURRICANE: WHO FRAMED NEW ORLEANS?
CHINA: HYPER-DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS
AFRICA: ECO-POPULIST UTOPIAS AND (MICRO-) CAPITALIST REALITIES
WEATHER REPORT: IMAGES FROM THE CLIMATE CRISIS

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