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Capitalism and Climate Change

Theoretical Discussion, Historical Development and Policy Responses

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  • © 2012

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  1. Max Koch

    1. Lund University, Sweden

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Max Koch
      Pages 1-13

  3. Capitalist Development and the Regulation of Society and Nature

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Nature and the Work Process

      • Max Koch
      Pages 17-24

    3. Capitalism, Nature and Climate Change: A Structural Analysis

      • Max Koch
      Pages 25-35

    4. The Regulation of Nature and Society in Different Capitalist Growth Strategies

      • Max Koch
      Pages 36-45

  4. Fordism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. The Origins of a New Accumulation Regime

      • Max Koch
      Pages 49-57

    3. The Geographic Extension of Fordism

      • Max Koch
      Pages 58-67

    4. Mode of Societalisation and Consumption Norm

      • Max Koch
      Pages 68-75

    5. A Fossil Energy Regime

      • Max Koch
      Pages 76-86
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This book discusses climate change as a social issue, examining the incompatibility of capitalist development and Earth's physical limits and how these have been regulated in different ways. It addresses the links between modes of consumption, energy regimes and climate change during Fordism and finance-driven capitalism.

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  • Lund University, Sweden

    Max Koch

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MAX KOCH Professor at the Department of Social Work and Social Welfare, Lund University, Sweden. He has previously published Roads to Post-Fordism: Labour Markets and Social Structures in Europe and Diversity, Standardization and Social Transformation: Gender, Ethnicity and Inequality in Europe (co-edited with L. McMillan and B. Peper).

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