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1 online resource |
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Innovation and technology in the world economy |
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Innovation and technology in the world economy.
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Preface: The Argument in Brief -- Mark Huberty and John Zysman; Acknowledgments; Part I. Framing the Debate: Green Growth and the Transformation of the Energy Systems; 1. From Religion to Reality: Energy Systems Transformation for Sustainable Prosperity -- Mark Huberty and John Zysman; 2. Motivating Green Growth: The Political Economy of Energy Systems Transformation -- Mark Huberty; 3. The Green Growth Landscape: Promise and Peril for Green Growth Policy Proposals -- Mark Huberty and John Zysman; 4. Venture Capital and Clean Technology -- Martin Kenney and Andrew Hargadon |
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Part II. Framing the Debate: The "Green Spiral" and the Politics of the Energy System Transformation5. The Green Spiral -- Nina Kelsey and John Zysman; 6. Denmark: A Classic Case of Green Spiral -- Jakob Riiskjaer Nygård; 7. The European Union: Green Growth without Borders: Transnational Energy Systems and the Politics of Transformation -- Mark Huberty; 8. The United States: Local Green Spirals, National Ambiguity -- Nina Kelsey and Alice Madden with Juliana Mandell and Sean Randolph; 9. Japan: Paragon of Energy Efficiency, Green Growth Laggard -- Brian Woodall |
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10. Korea: From Authoritarian to Authoritative: The Path from Heavy Industry to Green Growth -- Irene Choi11. China: Green Industry Growth in a Brown Economy -- Crystal Chang and Huan Gao; 12. Brazil: Disentangling Green Industry from Brown Consequences -- Benjamin S. Allen; 13. India: Can Green Be a First-Best Development Solution for Developing Countries? -- Jayant Sathaye with Juliana Mandell; Part III. Conclusion; 14. Can "Green" Sustain Growth? -- Mark Huberty, Nina Kelsey, and John Zysman; Notes; References; Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
""Green growth"" has proven to be politically popular, but economically elusive. Can Green Sustain Growth? asks how we can move from theoretical support to implementation, and argues that this leap will require radical experimentation. But systemic change is costly, and a sweeping shift cannot be accomplished without political support, not to mention large-scale cooperation between business and government. Insightful and timely, this book brings together eight original, international case studies to consider what we can learn from the implementation of green growth strategies to date. This anal |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Clean energy industries -- Government policy -- Case studies
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Energy policy -- Environmental aspects -- Case studies
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Energy development -- Environmental aspects -- Government policy -- Case studies
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Sustainable development -- Government policy -- Case studies
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development.
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Energy development -- Environmental aspects -- Government policy
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Energy policy -- Environmental aspects
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Sustainable development -- Government policy
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zysman, John, editor
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Huberty, Mark, editor
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| ISBN |
080478857X |
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9780804788571 |
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