Planet on fire: a manifesto for the age of environmental breakdown / Mathew Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton.
Material type: TextPublisher: London ; New York : Verso, [2021]Description: 280 pages : 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781839765100
- 333.72 LAW 23
- GE140 .L38 2021
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A radical manifesto for how to deal with environmental breakdown
In the age of environmental breakdown, breakdown, the political status quo has no answer to the devastating and inequitably distributed consequences of the climate emergency. We urgently need an alternative to bring about the rapid transformation of our social and economic systems. As we rebuild our lives in the wake of Covid-19 and face the challenges of ecological disaster, how can the left win a world fit for life?
Planet on Fire is an urgent manifesto for a fundamental reimagining of the global economy. It offers a clear and practical road map for a future that is democratic and sustainable by design. Laurie Laybourn-Langton and Mathew Lawrence argue that it is not enough merely to spend our way out of the crisis; we must also rapidly reshape the economy to create a new way of life that can foster a healthy and flourishing environment for all.
Planet on Fire offers a detailed and achievable manifesto for a new politics capable of tackling environmental breakdown.
Includes bibliographical references.
"An urgent manifesto for a fundamental reimagining of the global economy, offering a clear and practical road map for a future that is democratic and sustainable by design"-- Provided by publisher.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. 1)
- 1 This Is about Power (p. 18)
- 2 Facing the Crisis (p. 43)
- 3 Beyond the Ruins (p. 68)
- 4 After Empire (p. 85)
- 5 Financing Plenty (p. 109)
- 6 Owning the Future (p. 137)
- 7 Commoning the Earth (p. 167)
- 8 Thriving Not Surviving (p. 194)
- 9 A Politics for Life (p. 221)
- Acknowledgements (p. 253)
- Notes (p. 257)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Laurie Laybourn-Langton is an award-winning researcher and writer and an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).Mathew Lawrence is the founder and Director of Common Wealth, a UK-based think tank that designs ownership models for a democratic and sustainable economy.