Ecological political economy and the socio-ecological crisis /

Critically synthesising a range of disparate literatures and debates, this book asks what is at stake in mounting a decisive response to the socio-ecological crisis - a crisis of humanity s relationship with the rest of nature that places social life as we know it in jeopardy. Martin Craig proposes...

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Main Authors: Craig, Martin P, A
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Building a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research & Policy
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40090-7
Summary: Critically synthesising a range of disparate literatures and debates, this book asks what is at stake in mounting a decisive response to the socio-ecological crisis - a crisis of humanity s relationship with the rest of nature that places social life as we know it in jeopardy. Martin Craig proposes that political economists within and beyond the field of political ecology make an indispensable contribution to the diagnosis of this crisis and the formulation of prescriptions for its resolution. In a wide-ranging yet concise exposition, he assess the fraught relationship between capitalist soc
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(ix,135pages): illustrations.
ISBN: 9783319400907
Index Number: JA77
CLC: X196
Contents: Chapter 1. Ecological Political Economy and Socio-Ecological Crisis -- Chapter 2. Two Conceptualisations of Socio-Ecological Crisis -- Chapter 3. Diagnosing Socio-Ecological Crisis -- Conclusion. Towards an Ecological Political Economy.