Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 249 g
Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 249 g
Reihe: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
ISBN: 978-1-138-06596-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
China has overtaken the US to become the world’s largest energy consumer and greenhouse gas emitter. Their energy consumption is dominated by coal and China now accounts for one quarter of the world’s total carbon dioxide emissions. Moreover, China is set to become the world’s largest oil importer in the next decade.
This book will consider energy development in the broader context of economic and social changes, especially the historical dynamics of the capitalist world system. Historical lessons of capitalism and socialism will be discussed. The book will evaluate the implications of ecological limits to growth on the economic system and argue that the existing capitalist system is fundamentally incompatible with ecological sustainability.
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1. Peak Oil, Climate Change, and China 2. China and the Capitalist World System 3. Energy and the Economy 4. Peak Oil 5. Peak Energy and the Limits to Global Economic Growth 6. Peak Energy and the Limits to China’s Economic Growth 7. The Crisis of the Chinese Capitalism 8. China and Climate Change 9. Transition to the End of Growth