Why green jobs matter -- What is a green job? -- Green jobs as an environmental and economic battleground -- The response of some key Australian unions to green jobs -- The automotive industry: setting the scene -- Crisis in the global automotive industry and the green shift -- Green cars, green jobs: the Australian government's green car plan -- Analyzing the green shift: the three vehicle manufacturers operating in Australia
Summary
Greening Auto Jobs: A Critical Analysis of the Green Job Solution provides a major contribution to the growing and important field of environmental sociology and labor studies by providing a theoretical and practical understanding of how the broader political-economic relations of society affect the relationship between labor and the environment