Heat, Greed and Human Need
Subtitle: Climate Change, Capitalism and Sustainable Wellbeing
Publisher: Elgar Publishing Limited, Edward
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781785365102
Subjects: Social policy; Basic needs; Climatic changes
Description: This book builds an essential bridge between climate change and social policy. Combining ethics and human need theory with political economy and climate science, it offers a long-term, interdisciplinary analysis of the prospects for sustainable development and social justice. Beyond 'green growth' (which assumes an unprecedented rise in the emissions efficiency of production) it envisages two further policy stages vital for rich countries: a progressive 'recomposition' of consumption and a post-growth ceiling on demand. An essential resource for scholars and policymakers.