Capitalism and Climate Change

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Max Koch

      Pages 1-13

3. Capitalist Development and the Regulation of Society and Nature

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Nature and the Work Process

      • Max Koch

      Pages 17-24

   3. Capitalism, Nature and Climate Change: A Structural Analysis

      • Max Koch

      Pages 25-35

   4. The Regulation of Nature and Society in Different Capitalist Growth Strategies

      • Max Koch

      Pages 36-45

4. Fordism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47

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   2. The Origins of a New Accumulation Regime

      • Max Koch

      Pages 49-57

   3. The Geographic Extension of Fordism

      • Max Koch

      Pages 58-67

   4. Mode of Societalisation and Consumption Norm

      • Max Koch

      Pages 68-75

   5. A Fossil Energy Regime

      • Max Koch

      Pages 76-86

5. Finance-Driven Capitalism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87

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   2. The Rise of a Finance-Driven Accumulation Regime

      • Max Koch

      Pages 89-101

   3. The Recomposition of the International Division of Labour

      • Max Koch

      Pages 102-111

   4. A Worldwide Consumption Norm (Based on Debt) and the Financial Crisis

      • Max Koch

      Pages 112-121

   5. The Globalisation of the Fossil Energy Regime

      • Max Koch

      Pages 122-134

6. The International Regulation of Climate Change or the Commodification of the Atmosphere

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-136

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   2. Multinational Governance in an Unequal World: The Kyoto Process and the Actors Involved

      • Max Koch

      Pages 137-154

   3. Theory and Practice of Carbon Emission Trading: The Case of the EU ETS

      • Max Koch

      Pages 155-166

   4. The Flaws of Free-Market Solutions for Climate Change Prevention and Their Homology to Finance-Driven Capitalism

      • Max Koch

      Pages 167-177

This book discusses climate change as a social issue, examining the incompatibility of capitalist development and Earth's physical limits and how these have been regulated in different ways. It addresses the links between modes of consumption, energy regimes and climate change during Fordism and finance-driven capitalism.

• atmosphere
• capitalism
• climate change
• European Union (EU)
• fashion
• globalization
• governance
• Nation
• nature
• Policy
• prevention
• work

• Lund University, Sweden

  Max Koch

MAX KOCH Professor at the Department of Social Work and Social Welfare, Lund University, Sweden. He has previously published Roads to Post-Fordism: Labour Markets and Social Structures in Europe and Diversity, Standardization and Social Transformation: Gender, Ethnicity and Inequality in Europe (co-edited with L. McMillan and B. Peper).

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