Overview
Climate Change Solutions represents an application of critical theory to examine proposed solutions to climate change. Drawing from Marx’s negative conception of ideology, the authors illustrate how ideology continues to conceal the capital-climate contradiction or the fundamental incompatibility between growth-dependent capitalism and effectively and justly mitigating climate change. Dominant solutions to climate change that offer minor changes to the current system fail to address this contradiction. However, alternatives like degrowth involve a shift in priorities and power relations and can offer new systemic arrangements that confront and move beyond the capital-climate contradiction. While there are clear barriers to a systemic transition that prioritizes social and ecological well-being, such a transition is possible and desirable.
Full Product Details
Author: Diana Stuart ,
Ryan Gunderson ,
Brian Petersen
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Imprint: The University of Michigan Press
Weight: 0.333kg
ISBN: 9780472131983
ISBN 10: 0472131982
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 17 July 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Climate Change Solutions is an extremely well-written and insightful contribution to the debate on how to overcome the pressures of climate change. It should be required reading for anyone who is involved in the global challenge to solve climate change. --Contemporary Sociology-- Contemporary Sociology ... Climate Change Solutions goes beyond the capital-climate contradiction to suggest more radical (i.e., focused on the root cause) lifestyle reforms that will boost sustainability and solve the social consequences of the economic-growth paradigm. The authors provide a substantive explanation of the embedded contradictions within capitalism-based development models and underscore the superficial nature of the proposed and pursued responses currently championed globally. -CHOICE --J. P. Tiefenbacher CHOICE (8/1/2021 12:00:00 AM)
... Climate Change Solutions goes beyond the capital-climate contradiction to suggest more radical (i.e., focused on the root cause) lifestyle reforms that will boost sustainability and solve the social consequences of the economic-growth paradigm. The authors provide a substantive explanation of the embedded contradictions within capitalism-based development models and underscore the superficial nature of the proposed and pursued responses currently championed globally. -CHOICE --J. P. Tiefenbacher CHOICE (8/1/2021 12:00:00 AM)
"""Climate Change Solutions is an extremely well-written and insightful contribution to the debate on how to overcome the pressures of climate change. It should be required reading for anyone who is involved in the global challenge to solve climate change."" --Contemporary Sociology-- ""Contemporary Sociology"" ""... Climate Change Solutions goes beyond the capital-climate contradiction to suggest more ""radical"" (i.e., focused on the root cause) lifestyle reforms that will boost sustainability and solve the social consequences of the economic-growth paradigm. The authors provide a substantive explanation of the embedded contradictions within capitalism-based development models and underscore the superficial nature of the proposed and pursued responses currently championed globally."" -CHOICE --J. P. Tiefenbacher ""CHOICE"" (8/1/2021 12:00:00 AM)"
Author Information
Diana Stuart is Associate Professor in the Sustainable Communities Program and School of Earth and Sustainability at Northern Arizona University. Ryan Gunderson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Gerontology at Miami University. Brian Petersen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation and Program in Sustainable Communities at Northern Arizona University.
