Name: Transitioning to a Post-Carbon Society
ISBN: 978-1-349-95176-5

Editors:

Ernest Garcia⁰,
Mercedes Martinez-Iglesias¹,
Peadar Kirby²

Ernest Garcia
1. University of Valencia, Spain
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Mercedes Martinez-Iglesias
1. University of Valencia, Spain
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Peadar Kirby
1. University of Limerick, Ireland
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Represents a major contribution to debates about society, the environment and climate change
Provides a framework for understanding and managing the transition to a post-carbon world
Contains a range of case studies on social projects and experiments that are leading the way

Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xxvi

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Transition
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 1-1
  
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2. The Deadlock of the Thermo-Industrial Civilization: The (Impossible?) Energy Transition in the Anthropocene
  
  Alain Gras
  
  Pages 3-35
3. Uncertainties, Inertia and Cognitive and Psychosocial Obstacles to a Smooth Transition
  
  Joaquim Sempere
  
  Pages 37-56
4. Towards the Post-Carbon Society: Searching for Signs of the Transition and Identifying Obstacles
  
  Ernest Garcia, Mercedes Martinez-Iglesias
  
  Pages 57-86
5. The Degrowth Imperative: Reducing Energy and Resource Consumption as an Essential Component in Achieving Carbon Budget Targets
  
  John Wiseman, Samuel Alexander
  
  Pages 87-108
Rethinking Austerity
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 109-109
  
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2. Austerity Pasts, Austerity Futures?
  
  Rebecca Bramall
  
  Pages 111-129
3. Coffee, Toast and a Tip? Initial Reflections on the Transformation of the Self
  
  Jorge Riechmann
  
  Pages 131-157
4. Frugal Abundance in an Age of Limits: Envisioning a Degrowth Economy
  
  Samuel Alexander
  
  Pages 159-179
Case Studies
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 181-181
  
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2. Cloughjordan Ecovillage: Modelling the Transition to a Low-Carbon Society
  
  Peadar Kirby
  
  Pages 183-205
3. Challenges for Wind Turbines in the Energy Transition: The Example of an Offshore Wind Farm in France
  
  Laurence Raineau
  
  Pages 207-220
4. Social Partners, Environmental Issues and New Challenges in the Post-Carbon Society
  
  Victor Climent Sanjuán
  
  Pages 221-233
5. Landfill Culture: Some Implications to Degrowth
  
  Ignasi Lerma Montero
  
  Pages 235-248
6. Social Actions Transformed in a Post-Carbon Transition: The Case of Barcelona
  
  Jesús Vicens
  
  Pages 249-266
Erratum to: Social Partners, Environmental Issues and New Challenges in the Post-Carbon Society
- Victor Climent Sanjuán
Pages 267-267
Back Matter

Pages 267-285

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About this book

This book deals with one of the most pressing social and environmental issues that we face today. The transition to a post-carbon society, in which the consumption of fossil fuels decreases over time, has become an inevitability due to the need to prevent catastrophic climate change, the increasing cost and scarcity of energy, and complex combinations of both of these factors. As the authors point out, this will not only entail political adjustments and the replacement of some technologies by others, but will be accompanied by social and cultural changes that bring about substantial modifications in our societies and ways of life. This book examines whether the current conditions, which date back to the crisis that began in 2007, favour a benign and smooth transition or will make it more difficult and prone to conflict. It argues that, even if this transformation is unavoidable, the directions it will take and the resulting social forms are much less certain. There will be many post-carbon societies, the authors conclude, and any number of routes to social change. Transitioning to a Post-Carbon Society therefore represents a significant contribution to global debates on the environment, and is vital reading for academics, policymakers, business leaders, NGOs and the general public alike.

Keywords

Climate change
Consumption
Lifestyles
Urbanization Models
Social projects
Environmental sociology
Anthropology
Climate change management

Editors and Affiliations

University of Valencia, Spain

Ernest Garcia, Mercedes Martinez-Iglesias
University of Limerick, Ireland

Peadar Kirby

About the editors

Ernest Garcia is Professor of Sociology at the University of Valencia, Spain.

Mercedes Martinez-Iglesias is a Research Technician at the University of Valencia, Spain.

Peadar Kirby is Professor Emeritus of International Politics and Public Policy at the University of Limerick, Ireland.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Transitioning to a Post-Carbon Society
Book Subtitle: Degrowth, Austerity and Wellbeing
Editors: Ernest Garcia, Mercedes Martinez-Iglesias, Peadar Kirby
Series Title: International Political Economy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95176-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95175-8Published: 06 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95751-4Published: 12 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-95176-5Published: 27 December 2016
Series ISSN: 2662-2483
Series E-ISSN: 2662-2491
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 285
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Political Economy, Climate Change Management and Policy, Environmental Sociology, Environmental Politics, Development and Social Change, Anthropology

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

Front Matter

Transition

Front Matter

Rethinking Austerity

Front Matter

Case Studies

Front Matter

Back Matter

About this book

Keywords

Editors and Affiliations

University of Valencia, Spain

University of Limerick, Ireland

About the editors

Bibliographic Information

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