The Political Economy of the Low-Carbon Transition Pathways Beyond Techno-Optimism /

• Main Authors: Kirby, Peadar (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), O'Mahony, Tadhg (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: International Political Economy Series,
• Subjects: Political economy.; Economic development.; Social change.; Climate change.; Economic policy.; Economic development-Environmental aspects.; International Political Economy.; Development and Social Change.; Climate Change.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Development Policy.; Development and Sustainability.

This book addresses the global need to transition to a low-carbon society and economy by 2050. The authors interrogate the dominant frames used for understanding this challenge and the predominant policy approaches for achieving it. Highlighting the techno-optimism that informs our current understan...

Table of Contents:

• Section I: Climate change as problem
• Chapter 1: Defining the problem: The complex dimensions of the grave new threats we face
• Chapter 2: Framing the problem: How the climate change message is constructed
• Chapter 3: Addressing the problem: Understanding low-carbon transition with the social sciences
• Section II: Development pathways and the low-carbon future
• Chapter 4: Development models: Lessons from international development
• Chapter 5: Planning future pathways: Implications and outcomes of scenario studies
• Section III: Pathways in developed and developing countries
• Chapter 6: Development and sustainability in the wealthiest regions: Taking the high road?
• Chapter 7: Development and sustainability in the global South: Different routes to transition and a sustainable society
• Section IV: Pathways to a low-carbon future
• Chapter 8: Climate capitalism: How far can it get us?
• Chapter 9: Identifying an emerging paradigm: Towards ecosocialism?
• Chapter 10: Options and prospects for a global low-carbon transition.