The Political Ecology of Austerity - Crisis, Social Movements, and the Environment

The Political Ecology of Austerity explores the environmental dimension of austerity that has thus far escaped academic, policy, and media attention. Offering a better comprehension of the full socio-environmental impact of austerity measures, the book highlights the importance of considering environmental issues when designing responses to economic crisis in the future. Mobilising detailed case studies from across the world, the volume documents the ways in which austerity impacts global and local ecologies, shapes environmental conflicts and gives rise to new forms and practices of social moblisation and resistance. Bringing together theoretical debates and rigorous case studies, the book proposes ‘the political ecology of austerity’ as an appropriate method of analysis that can inform our understanding of the shift in environmental protection policies and the intensification of growth practices (green or otherwise) that followed the 2008 global economic crisis. The Political Ecology of Austerity discloses austerity to be a globalised set of tools not only for budgetary discipline, but also for socio-environmental discipline that justifies the continuation of capital accumulation at the expense of further global environmental degradation. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of social and political sciences, environmental studies, urban studies, and political ecology.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies
Release date:	September 2023
Editors:	Rita Calvário • Maria Kaika • Giorgos Velegrakis
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Pages:	226
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-212930-3
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	1-03-212930-1
Barcode:	9781032129303

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