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Capitalism and Climate Change: Theoretical Discussion, Historical Development and Policy Responses 1st ed. 2012 Edition
Author(s): Max Koch (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: January 1, 2012
- Edition: 1st ed. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 233 pages
- ISBN-10: 1349323284
- ISBN-13: 9781349323289
Book Description
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.
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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).
