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Heat, Greed and Human Need - Climate Change, Capitalism and Sustainable Wellbeing (Paperback)
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Heat, Greed and Human Need - Climate Change, Capitalism and Sustainable Wellbeing (Paperback)
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'There are few scholarly books about climate change that take the
issue of the distribution of its costs, and of the costs and
benefits of its mitigation, as seriously as their absolute value.
This is probably the best of those books that I have come across.
Rigorously rooted in Gough's earlier work on theories of human
need, the book is relentless in its pursuit of equity in respect of
climate change and responses to it. Not everyone will agree with
all its conclusions - for example that ''green capitalism merits
the term contradiction'' - but they are unfailingly
thought-provoking, as all good scholarship should be. Highly
recommended.' - Paul Ekins, UCL Institute for Sustainable
Resources, UK 'Gough applies his trademark scholarship on universal
human needs to the urgent question of social policy for the
transition to a de-carbonised world. Based on a clear-eyed analysis
of a wide swathe of the social science literature, and an
eco-social political economy perspective, his approach is both
pragmatic and deeply rooted in ethics and social justice. Highly
recommended and suitable for teaching at all levels.' - Juliet B.
Schor, Boston College This exceptional book considers how far
catastrophic global warming can be averted in an economic system
that is greedy for growth, without worsening deprivation and
inequality. The satisfaction of human needs - as opposed to wants -
is the only viable measure for negotiating trade-offs between
climate change, capitalism and human wellbeing, now and in the
future. The author critically examines the political economy of
capitalism and offers a long-term, interdisciplinary analysis of
the prospects for keeping the rise in global temperatures below two
degrees, while also improving equity and social justice. A
three-stage transition is proposed with useful practical policies.
First, 'green growth': cut carbon emissions from production across
the world. Second, 'recompose' patterns of consumption in the rich
world, cutting high-energy luxuries in favour of low-energy routes
to meeting basic needs. Third, because the first two are perilously
insufficient, move towards an economy that flourishes without
growth. Heat, Greed and Human Need is vital for researchers and
students of the environment, public and social policy, economics,
political theory and development studies. For those advocating
political, social and environmental reform this book presents
excellent practical eco-social policies to achieve both sustainable
consumption and social justice.
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