The New Carbon Economy : Constitution, Governance and Contestation.
Title:
The New Carbon Economy : Constitution, Governance and Contestation.
Author:
Newell, Peter.
ISBN:
9781118315934
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (205 pages)
Series:
Antipode Book Series ; v.48
Antipode Book Series
Contents:
The New Carbon Economy -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1 The "New" Carbon Economy: What's New? -- 2 The Matter of Carbon: Understanding the Materiality of tCO2e in Carbon Offsets -- 3 Making Markets Out of Thin Air: A Case of Capital Involution -- 4 Between Desire and Routine: Assembling Environment and Finance in Carbon Markets -- 5 Ecological Modernisation and the Governance of Carbon: A Critical Analysis -- 6 Accounting for Carbon: The Role of Accounting Professional Organisations in Governing Climate Change -- 7 Realizing Carbon's Value: Discourse and Calculation in the Production of Carbon Forestry Offsets in Costa Rica -- 8 Resisting and Reconciling Big Wind: Middle Landscape Politics in the New American West -- Index.
Abstract:
The New Carbon Economy provides a critical understanding of the carbon economy. It offers key insights into the constitution, governance and effects of the carbon economy, across a variety of geographical settings. Examines different dimensions of the carbon economy from a range of disciplinary angles in a diversity of settings Provides ways for researchers to subject claims of newness and uniqueness to critical scrutiny Historicizes claims of the 'newness' of the carbon economy Covers a range of geographical settings including Europe, the US and Central America.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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