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1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : the genealogy and contemporary politics of just transitions / Dimitris Stevis, Edouard Morena, Dunja Krause -- 1. "No jobs on a dead planet" : the international trade union movement and just transition / Anabella Rosemberg -- 2. Business in just transition : the never-ending story of corporate sustainability / Nils Moussu -- 3. Australian business : embracing, reconceptualising, or ignoring a just transition in Australia / Caleb Goods -- 4. Tales from the frontlines : building a people-led just transition in Jackson, Mississippi / Kali Akuno -- 5. What transition? Collectively imagining a just and low-carbon future for Rio Negro, Argentina / Martin Alvarez Mullally, Fernando Cabrera Christiansen, Laura Maffei -- 6. Resource rich and access poor : securing a just transition to renewables in South Africa / Sandra van Niekerk -- 7. The story of coal in Germany : a model for just transition in Europe? / Alexander Reitzenstein, Sabrina Schulz, Felix Heilmann -- 8. A top-down transition : a critical account of Canada's government-led phase-out of the coal sector / Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood, Ian Hussey -- 9. Just transition solutions and challenges in a neoliberal and carbon-intensive economy / Darryn Snell |
| Summary |
"In the field of 'climate change', no terrain goes uncontested. The terminological tug of war between activists and corporations, scientists and governments, has seen radical notions of 'sustainability' emptied of urgency and subordinated to the interests of capital. 'Just Transition' is the latest such battleground, and the conceptual keystone of the post-COP₂₁ climate policy world. But what does it really mean? Just Transition emerged as a framework developed within the trade union movement to encompass a range of social interventions needed to secure workers' and frontline communities' jobs and livelihoods as economies shift to sustainable production. 'Just Transitions' draws on a range of perspectives from the global North and South to interrogate the overlaps, synergies and tensions between various understandings of the Just Transition approach. As the concept is entering the mainstream, has it lost its radical edge, and if so, can it be recovered? Written by academics and activists from around the globe, this unique edited collection is the first book entirely devoted to Just Transition."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 01, 2020) |
| Subject |
Environmental justice.
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Social justice -- Environmental aspects
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Sustainable development -- Social aspects
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Employee rights.
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Environmental justice
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Employee rights
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Sustainable development -- Social aspects
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Morena, Edouard, editor.
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Krause, Dunja, editor
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Stevis, Dimitris, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781786805324 |
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1786805324 |
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9781786805331 |
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1786805332 |
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9781786805348 |
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1786805340 |
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