Routledge Handbook On The Green New Deal

In recent years, the Green New Deal has moved from relative obscurity to front and centre of policy discussions and public debates about how to respond to the climate crisis. It has been credited with radically changing the nature of the conversation on climate change and with re-energizing the environmental movement at a critical time. All Green New Deal proposals share an emphasis on the need for governments (rather than markets) to lead the energy transition. However, they differ in other respects. This Handbook analyses the fundamentals underlying all Green New Deals as well as exploring national and regional variations. It is divided into three parts. The first part examines the political economy of the Green New Deal focussing not just on how proposals will be costed but also on opportunities for a fundamental transformation of both national economies and the global economic system. The second part explores issues of justice, which are central to many Green New Deal proposals, including Indigenous rights, racial and gender equity, and justice for the Global South. In the third part, authors detail case studies of Green New Deal proposals and plans at the local, national, and regional level. This book will be an invaluable research and reference volume for students and scholars in economics, politics, sociology, geography, and environmental studies. It should also be of interest to those actively involved in climate and environmental policymaking. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Notes on contributors Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: Political economy of the Green New Deal 1 The Green New Deal, climate breakdown, and power 2 Financing the Green New Deal: The Modern Money Theory approach 3 Central banks and Green New Deals: What role can they play? 4 Avoiding the pitfalls of capitalism in the Green New Deal 5 A Green New Deal for agriculture: Whither capitalism? 6 Worktime reduction and the Green New Deal 7 Reshaping global trade and investment law for a Green New Deal PART II: Tackling injustice through the Green New Deal 8 Jobs, justice, and the Green New Deal 9 Lessons for a Green New Deal: Race, the New Deal legacy, and environmental justice in Detroit 10 The Seventh Fire and the Sitting Bull Plan: An Indigenous Green New Deal 11 A Feminist Agenda for a Green New Deal: Challenges and opportunities 12 Democratizing the Green New Deal 13 A Green New Deal beyond the “North”: Both promise and peril PART III: The Green New Deal in practice 14 Chinese Green Job Guarantee: A roadmap for sustainable prosperity 15 South Korea’s Green New Deal 2.0: Old wine in new bottles? 16 Decarbonization without democracy: Tennis-ball politics and the EU Green Deal 17 The evolution of the UK’s Green New Deal: “Green Industrial Revolution,” “Building Back Better,” and beyond 18 A made-in-Canada Green New Deal 19 Cities and the Green New Deal: Addressing the financialization of urban production Appendix: Examples of Green New Deals and legislative proposals Index "Over the past year, the "Green New Deal" has moved from relative obscurity to front and centre of policy discussions and public debates about how to respond to the climate crisis. It has been credited with radically changing the nature of the conversation on climate change and with re-energizing the environmental movement at a critical time. The main element that all Green New Deal proposals share is that they are government-led but while they share a Keynesian interventionist economic model, they differ in other respects. This Handbook analyses the fundamentals underlying all of the Green New Deals as well as exploring the differences in emphasis and national or regional variations. It is divided into three key parts: the first part looks at the underlying economics of the Green New Deal focusing not just on the how the proposals will be costed but more significantly at how the Green New Deal offers an opportunity for a fundamental transformation of the economy. The second part will explores issues of justice which are central to many Green New Deal proposals including issues around jobs, indigenous rights, feminism. In the third part, authors will detail case studies of Green New Deal proposals at the national or regional level. This book will be an invaluable research and reference volume for students, scholars and policy-makers interested in all aspects of the Green New Deal, including economics, politics, sociology, environmental justice, geography, and environmental studies more broadly"-- Provided by publisher