Sustainability and Energy Politics [electronic resource] : Ecological Modernisation and Corporate Social Responsibility /
Curran, Giorel.author.
The author explores the fraught politics of energy transitions in an age of climate change. She does so through an ecological modernisation and corporate social responsibility lens which she contends shapes and underpins sustainability today. Case studies cover climate policy, unconventional gas and renewable energy.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Theorising contemporary sustainability -- Sustainability today : from fringe to mainstream -- Ecological modernisation : promises and prospects -- Corporate social responsibility : business stepping up? -- Practising contemporary sustainability -- The politics of climate change : fight and flight -- Unconventional gas and social licence : locking the gate? -- Renewable energy transitions : powering the future -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
The author explores the fraught politics of energy transitions in an age of climate change. She does so through an ecological modernisation and corporate social responsibility lens which she contends shapes and underpins sustainability today. Case studies cover climate policy, unconventional gas and renewable energy.
Environmental policy.
Sustainable development.
Environmental economics.
Industrial management-Environmental aspects.
Social responsibility of business.
Environmental Politics.
Sustainable Development.
Environmental Economics.
Sustainability Management.
Corporate Social Responsibility.