The Green New Deal and the Future of Work

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The Green New Deal and the Future of Work explores the intersection of environmental sustainability and economic transformation. It delves into how the implementation of green policies could reshape industries and job markets, addressing climate challenges while creating new employment opportunities. The book examines the potential for a balanced approach to ecological and economic progress.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in how environmental policies can reshape economies, create sustainable jobs, and transform the workforce. It offers insightful perspectives on integrating ecological sustainability with economic development, appealing to readers passionate about making a positive impact on the planet.

This book brings together leading experts to explore the possibilities of the Green New Deal, emphasizing the future of work. They examine transformations that are already underway and put forth bold new proposals that can provide jobs while reducing carbon consumption—building a world that is sustainable both economically and ecologically.

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Catastrophic climate change overshadows the present and the future. Wrenching economic transformations have devastated workers and hollowed out communities. However, those fighting for jobs and those fighting for the planet have often been at odds. Does the world face two separate crises, environmental and economic?

The promise of the The Green New Deal is to tackle the threat of climate change through the empowerment of working people and the strengthening of democracy. In this view, the crisis of nature and the crisis of work must be addressed together—or they will not be addressed at all.

This book brings together leading experts to explore the possibilities of the Green New Deal, emphasizing the future of work. Together, they examine transformations that are already underway and put forth bold new proposals that can provide jobs while reducing carbon consumption—building a world that is sustainable both economically and ecologically.

Contributors also debate urgent questions: What is the value of a federal jobs program, or even a jobs guarantee? How do we alleviate the miseries and precarity of work? In key economic sectors, including energy, transportation, housing, agriculture, and care work, what kind of work is needed today? How does the New Deal provide guidance in addressing these questions, and how can a Green New Deal revive democracy?

Above all, this book shows the Green New Deal offers hope for a better tomorrow—but only if it accounts for work's past transformations and shapes its future.

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The Green New Deal and the Future of Work is praised as an insightful and profound collection of essays addressing contemporary issues. It examines the intersection of work, infrastructure, and environment through a cultural and political economic lens. The book is seen as a valuable resource for education, policy, and advocacy, exploring the realistic possibilities and limits of the Green New Deal with significant historical context.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780231205573

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 August 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Columbia University Press

Illustration: 12 b&w illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Craig Calhoun
Edited by Benjamin Fong
Contributions by Richard A. Walker
Contributions by Hillary Angelo
Contributions by Raj Patel
Contributions by Jim Goodman
Contributions by Alyssa Battistoni
Contributions by Stephanie Luce
Contributions by Wilson Sherwin
Edited by Craig Calhoun
Edited by Craig Calhoun

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 384

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About the Author

Craig Calhoun is University Professor of Social Sciences at Arizona State University. He was previously director of the London School of Economics and Political Science and president of the Social Science Research Council. His most recent book is Degenerations of Democracy (2022), with Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar and Charles Taylor.

Benjamin Y. Fong is associate director at the Center for Work and Democracy and Honors Faculty Fellow at Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University. He is the author of Death and Mastery: Psychoanalytic Drive Theory and the Subject of Late Capitalism (Columbia, 2016). His writing has also appeared in Jacobin, Catalyst, the New York Times, and Damage Magazine.