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Green New Deal and the Question of Environmental and Social Justice

Description

Provides a wide-ranging and well-documented global analysis of Green New Deal programs , green economies, and green jobs . Some excerpts: “… while advocates of the green economy promise the elimination of poverty, the green economy agenda is a new version of what has been described as finance-led accumulation and as such a continuation of the neoliberal project that has fuelled inequality during the past three decades.” Of green jobs, he observes, “statistical evidence suggests that many of the assumptions associated with green jobs are far too optimistic.”…Referencing Austrian, EU, and South African studies, he states, “Statistical evidence suggests that in terms of working conditions they (i.e. green jobs) are actually worse than average jobs” .. and “In sum, female workers are clearly disadvantaged when it comes to the distribution of the benefits from green growth.” Finally, “In sum, an alternative approach to a green transition towards a more sustainable economy and society must go beyond the goal of a thermal insulated capitalism and promote ecological, gender and social justice.” The author particularly discusses the importance of hours of work as a key factor in equality/inequality, and in ecological damage

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yul:777777