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Workers and trade unions for climate solidarity: tackling climate change in a neoliberal world

By Hampton , Paul Stephen

Book information

Publisher
Taylor and Francis;Routledge
Year
2016
ISBN
9781138841420, 9781315732220, 9781138283633, 1138283630, 1138841420
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1180173 bytes)
Series
Routledge studies in climate work and society
Pages
xvii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Climatic changes--Economic aspects;Climatic change

Description

A theoretically rich and empirically grounded account of UK trade union engagement with climate change over the last three decades. It offers a rigorous critique of the mainstream neoliberal and ecological modernisation approaches, extending the concepts of Marxist social and employment relations theory to the climate realm. 1. Introduction 2. Climate politics and the potential for climate solidarity 3. Trade unions, climate and employment in a neoliberal world 4. Trade unions and climate politics in the UK 5. Workplace climate representation: Prisoners of neoliberalism or swords of climate justice? 6. The Vestas occupation and climate politics 7. Climate and class: A missing link

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