Overview
- Represents a major contribution to debates about society, the environment and climate change
- Provides a framework for understanding and managing the transition to a post-carbon world
- Contains a range of case studies on social projects and experiments that are leading the way
Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)
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About this book
This book deals with one of the most pressing social and environmental issues that we face today. The transition to a post-carbon society, in which the consumption of fossil fuels decreases over time, has become an inevitability due to the need to prevent catastrophic climate change, the increasing cost and scarcity of energy, and complex combinations of both of these factors. As the authors point out, this will not only entail political adjustments and the replacement of some technologies by others, but will be accompanied by social and cultural changes that bring about substantial modifications in our societies and ways of life. This book examines whether the current conditions, which date back to the crisis that began in 2007, favour a benign and smooth transition or will make it more difficult and prone to conflict. It argues that, even if this transformation is unavoidable, the directions it will take and the resulting social forms are much less certain. There will be many post-carbon societies, the authors conclude, and any number of routes to social change. Transitioning to a Post-Carbon Society therefore represents a significant contribution to global debates on the environment, and is vital reading for academics, policymakers, business leaders, NGOs and the general public alike.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Transition
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Case Studies
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ernest Garcia is Professor of Sociology at the University of Valencia, Spain.
Mercedes Martinez-Iglesias is a Research Technician at the University of Valencia, Spain.
Peadar Kirby is Professor Emeritus of International Politics and Public Policy at the University of Limerick, Ireland.
Mercedes Martinez-Iglesias is a Research Technician at the University of Valencia, Spain.
Peadar Kirby is Professor Emeritus of International Politics and Public Policy at the University of Limerick, Ireland.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transitioning to a Post-Carbon Society
Book Subtitle: Degrowth, Austerity and Wellbeing
Editors: Ernest Garcia, Mercedes Martinez-Iglesias, Peadar Kirby
Series Title: International Political Economy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95176-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95175-8Published: 06 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95751-4Published: 12 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-95176-5Published: 27 December 2016
Series ISSN: 2662-2483
Series E-ISSN: 2662-2491
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 285
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Political Economy, Climate Change Management and Policy, Environmental Sociology, Environmental Politics, Development and Social Change, Anthropology