Forces of Production, Climate Change and Canadian Fossil Capitalism

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-44409-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 179/03, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Studies in Critical Social Sciences / New Scholarship in Political Economy

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In Forces of Production, Climate Change and Canadian Fossil Capitalism, Nicolas Graham reinterprets the concept of forces of production from an ecological standpoint and in the context of the deepening climate crisis. He argues that ecological knowledge itself, as well as associated developments in renewable energy technology and green infrastructure, represent advancements in productive forces. However, such “green productive forces” are fettered by capitalist relations of production, including the power of carbon capital.

In addition to a conceptual and theoretical reinterpretation, case studies focusing on Canadian fossil capitalism provide a concrete-complex analysis of the deepening of fossil-fuelled productive forces and the process of fettering in both renewable energies and in the development and application of ecological knowledge.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Graham, Nicolas

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Soziale & wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Part 1: The Collapse According to Granma

1 Written Sources on the Collapse

2 Granma and the Written News as a Method

3 Analyzing the News Accounts

4 Reflections on the Written News

Part 2:

5 Contextualizing the Testimonies

6 Oral Source Methodologies

7 Analysis of the Interviews

8 Insights from the Oral Testimonies

Conclusion: Viewing the Collapse through the PCC Lens

Afterword

Appendix 1: Information for the Interviewees

Appendix 2: Interview Guide

Appendix 3: Core Sources

Appendix 4: Example Table for Data Visualization

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Nicolas Graham, Ph.D. (2019), University of Victoria, is a sessional instructor at that university. His previous work has appeared in journals such as Capitalism Nature Socialism, Studies in Political Economy and Canadian Review of Sociology.