Overview
- Applies a political economy lens to contemporary ecological crises
- Covers both 'capitalism and general' and varieties of capitalism
- Incorporates the insight of a greater range of heterodox perspectives than in the existing literature
Part of the book series: Building a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research & Policy (SPERIRP)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Critically synthesising a range of disparate literatures and debates, this book asks what is at stake in mounting a decisive response to the ‘socio-ecological crisis’ - a crisis of humanity’s relationship with the rest of nature that places social life as we know it in jeopardy. Martin Craig proposes that political economists within and beyond the field of political ecology make an indispensable contribution to the diagnosis of this crisis and the formulation of prescriptions for its resolution. In a wide-ranging yet concise exposition, he assess the fraught relationship between capitalist societies and the biosphere of which they are a part, and urges a renewed emphasis on political-economic structure and strategy when considering responses to the crisis. The result is a proposal for a critical yet inclusive research enterprise – 'ecological political economy' – within which a wide variety of researchers can readily participate.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Martin P.A. Craig is a research associate at the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Sheffield, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ecological Political Economy and the Socio-Ecological Crisis
Authors: Martin P. A. Craig
Series Title: Building a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research & Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40090-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-40089-1Published: 30 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82030-9Published: 06 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40090-7Published: 16 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-3394
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3408
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 135
Number of Illustrations: 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Political Economy, Political Theory, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, Environmental Politics, Environmental Policy, Environmental Sociology