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Transitioning to a Post-Carbon Society : Degrowth, Austerity and Wellbeing /

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 falls over time, has become an inevitability due to the need to prevent catastrophic climate change, the increasing cost...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Garcia, Ernest; Martinez-Iglesias, Mercedes; Kirby, Peadar
Published: Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: International Political Economy Series
Subjects:
Political science
Climate change
Political Economy
Environmental policy
Anthropology
Environmental sociology
Economic development
Social change
Political Science and International Relations
Climate Change Management and Policy
Environmental Politics
Development and Social Change
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95176-5
Summary: 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 falls 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 modification
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XXVI, 285 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9781349951765
Index Number: JA77
CLC: F0
Contents: Introduction. Ernest Garcia, Mercedes Martinez-Iglesias and Peadar Kirby -- Part I. Transition -- Chapter 1. The deadlock of the thermo-industrial civilisation: The (impossible) energy transition in the Anthropocene; Alain Gras -- Chapter 2. Uncertainties, inertia and cognitive and psychosocial obstacles to a smooth transition; Joaquim Sempere -- Chapter 3. Towards the Post-Carbon Society: Searching for Signs of the Transition and Identifying Obstacles; Ernest Garcia and Mercedes Martinez-Iglesias -- Chapter 4. The Degrowth Imperative: Reducing energy and resource consumption as an essential

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