Global capitalism and climate change the need for an alternative world system / Hans A. Baer.
| Author/creator | Baer, Hans A., 1944- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham : AltaMira Press, |
| Description | 1 online resource (xi, 353 p.) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Globalization and the environment series |
| Contents | The impact of climate change on the environment and human societies -- The capitalist world system and its contradictions -- The capitalist treadmill of production and consumption as a generator of greenhouse gas emissions -- The inadequacies of existing climate regimes for mitigating climate change -- Why green capitalism is insufficient to mitigate climate change -- A vision of an alternative world system : toward global democracy based on social justice and environmental sustainability -- Toward an ecological revolution : progressive transitional reforms -- Grass-roots responses to the climate change : internationally, nationally, and locally -- Conclusion. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-346) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Global capitalism and climate change Lanham : AltaMira Press, c2012. 9780759121324 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021678984 |
| ISBN | 9780759121348 ebook |
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