Dear users, today we have a very personal request. We have decided to offer our learning materials free of charge because we believe in an open, pluralist economic science that is available to everyone, worldwide. We do this without advertising because we want to remain independent of commercial interests. But our commitment to independence and open access also has its price. Every year we have large costs for programming, staff and to support our authors. If everyone reading this gave a small amount, we could keep Exploring Economics thriving for years to come - but 99% of our users don't give. So today we ask you to protect Exploring Economics's independence. The heart and soul of Exploring Economics is a community of people working to bring you unlimited access to high-qualitiy, economic learning and teaching material. Please take just a few moments to help us keep Exploring Economics going. Thank you!
We are a registered non-profit organization | Bank account: Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomik e.V., IBAN: DE91 4306 0967 6037 9737 00, SWIFT-BIC: GENODEM1GLS | Imprint
A People's Green New Deal
| Publisher: | Pluto Press |
|---|
| Perspective: | Ecological Economics, Other |
|---|
| Topic: | social ecological transformation |
|---|
| page count: | 160 pages |
|---|
Blurb
The idea of a Green New Deal was launched into popular consciousness by US Congressperson Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2018. Evocative of the far-reaching ambitions of its namesake, it has become a watchword in the current era of global climate crisis. But its new ubiquity brings ambiguity: what - and for whom - is the Green New Deal? In this concise and urgent book, Max Ajl provides an overview of the various mainstream Green New Deals. Critically engaging with their proponents, ideological underpinnings and limitations, he goes on to sketch out a radical alternative: a 'People's Green New Deal' committed to degrowth, anti-imperialism and agro-ecology. Ajl diagnoses the roots of the current socio-ecological crisis as emerging from a world-system dominated by the logics of capitalism and imperialism. Resolving this crisis, he argues, requires nothing less than an infrastructural and agricultural transformation in the Global North, and the industrial convergence between North and South. As the climate crisis deepens and the literature on the subject grows, A People's Green New Deal contributes a distinctive perspective to the debate.Comment from our editors:
This is an important book for anyone interested in how to tackle the ecological and environmental crisis we find ourselves in. It explains the logics, ideological underpinnings and limitations of mainstream versions of the “Green New Deal” – which was thrown into popular consciousness by US Congressperson Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2018. Through diagnosing the roots of the contemporary crises as emerging from a world-system dominated by the logics of capitalism and imperialism, Ajl sketches out a radical approach to a People’s Green New Deal, which is committed to degrowth, anti-imperialism and agro-ecology. In doing so, he makes the case for putting agriculture and Third World struggles for self-determination at the center. Read a recent interview with Ajl in ROAR.
By Diversifying and Decolonizing Economics
This material has been suggested and edited by:
Donate
This project is brought to you by the Network for Pluralist Economics (Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomik e.V.). It is committed to diversity and independence and is dependent on donations from people like you. Regular or one-off donations would be greatly appreciated.