Keywords:
Climatic changes - Political aspects - Great Britain.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This book is a theoretically rich and empirically grounded account of UK trade union engagement with climate change over the last three decades. It applies a rigorous critique to the mainstream neoliberal and ecological modernisation approaches, extending the insights of Marxist social and employment relations theory to the climate realm. Secondly, the book extends insights from employment relations to the political economy of climate change, developing a model for understanding trade union behaviour over climate matters. Finally, the book has a strong interdisciplinary approach, in keeping with the subject matter: climate change requires insights from both physical and social science.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (231 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781315732220
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Climate, Work and Society Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=3569265
DDC:
363.738/740941
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface and acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- The impasse of contemporary climate politics -- Bringing society and politics back into climate change -- Bringing labour back into climate change -- Climate change and the pertinence of employment relations -- Organisation -- Notes -- References -- 2. Climate politics and the potential for climate solidarity -- Introduction -- Climate politics: between capitals, states and classes -- Towards a Marxist political economy of climate change -- Workers and climate change: between market, society and class -- Trade unions in employment relations -- Trade unions as climate actors -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3. Trade unions, climate and employment in a neoliberal world -- Introduction -- Unions, climate and green jobs -- Just transition -- Class, climate and work -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4. Trade unions and climate politics in the UK -- Introduction -- Union climate policy and ecological modernisation -- Unions and neoliberal climate policy -- Unions, climate and working-class politics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5. Workplace climate representation: prisoners of neoliberalism or swords of climate justice? -- Introduction -- Trade union climate representation -- Green reps and ecological modernisation -- Union environmental representatives: a force for climate action? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6. The Vestas occupation and climate politics -- Introduction -- Vestas: class and climate change -- Trade union responses to the Vestas occupation -- The Vestas occupation and climate actors -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 7. Climate and class: a missing link -- Introduction -- Climate change and workers.
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Trade unions and climate politics -- Implications -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
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