Marxist crisis theory and the global environmental challenge / Kajsa Borgnäs -- The sustainability of welfare capitalism : redefining institutions and agency / David Eklind Kloo -- Politics in a world of ccarcity / Ville Lähde -- Technology and sustainability in the light of questions of determinism / Fredrik Sjögren -- A renewable energy transition : capitalist barriers, socialist enticements / Rikard Warlenius -- Possibilities and limits of green Keynesianism / Teppo Eskelinen -- Commons against capitalism / Tero Toivanen -- Universal basic income : a cornerstone of the new economic order / Johanna Perkiö -- Out of the frying pan : people on the move in a warmer world and how to receive them / Shora Esmailian -- Climate jobs as tipping point : Norwegian grassroots challenging the oil and climate change hegemony / Andreas Ytterstad -- Socialism or barbeque, war communism or geo-engineering : some thoughts on choices in a time of emergency / Andreas Malm -- Afterword / John Bellamy Foster
Summary
As the global economy seeks to recover from the financial crisis and warnings about the consequences of climate change abound, it is clear that we need a fundamentally new approach to tackle these issues. This innovative book offers a unique perspective, stressing the necessity of both ecological and social change as it discusses how to create a ""red-green"" or ""eco-socialist"" society. Examining the current crises of welfare capitalism as well as the challenges and conflicts of an eco-socialist society, the book proposes a new social order that would combine the ideals of egalitarianism and
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