Capitalism and Climate Change: Theoretical Discussion, Historical Development and Policy Responses

This book discusses climate change as a social issue, examining the incompatibility of capitalist development and Earth's physical limits and how these have been regulated in different ways. It addresses the links between modes of consumption, energy regimes and climate change during Fordism and finance-driven capitalism.

Author: Max Koch
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/26/2011
Pages: 220
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230272514

About the Author
MAX KOCH Professor at the Department of Social Work and Social Welfare, Lund University, Sweden. He has previously published Roads to Post-Fordism: Labour Markets and Social Structures in Europe and Diversity, Standardization and Social Transformation: Gender, Ethnicity and Inequality in Europe (co-edited with L. McMillan and B. Peper).

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