Sustainability and Energy Politics: Ecological Modernisation and Corporate Social Responsibility

Author:   Giorel Curran
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
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9781137352323


Pages:   235
Publication Date:   26 August 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Sustainability and Energy Politics: Ecological Modernisation and Corporate Social Responsibility


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The author explores the fraught politics of energy transitions in an age of climate change. She does so through an ecological modernisation and corporate social responsibility lens which she contends shapes and underpins sustainability today. Case studies cover climate policy, unconventional gas and renewable energy.

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Author:   Giorel Curran
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.139kg
ISBN:  

9781137352323


ISBN 10:   1137352329
Pages:   235
Publication Date:   26 August 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction PART I: THEORISING CONTEMPORARY SUSTAINABILITY 1. Sustainability Today: From Fringe to Mainstream 2. Ecological Modernisation: Promises and Prospects 3. Corporate Social Responsibility: Business Stepping Up? PART II: PRACTISING CONTEMPORARY SUSTAINABILITY 4. The Politics of Climate Change: Fight and Flight 5. Unconventional Gas and Social Licence: Locking the Gate? 6. Renewable Energy Transitions: Powering the Future Conclusion

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Giorel Curran is Senior Lecturer in the School of Government and International Relations and the Centre for Governance and Public Policy at Griffith University, Australia. Her research focuses on environmental politics, climate policy, global political movements, green political theory and global political economy. She has published widely in all these areas. Some of her recent books include 21st Century Dissent: Anarchism, Anti-Globalisation and Environmentalism (2006); and the co-edited collections Business and the Politics of Globalisation: After the GFC (2010), and Government and Business in Volatile Times (2013).

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