Carbon Capitalism

As fossil fuels deplete, what happens to capitalist political economies they support? This book examines a new theory for understanding energy, social reproduction and capitalism.

List of contents

Preface / Chapter 1. Carbon Capitalism and Petro-Market Civilization / Chapter 2. The Political Economy of Petro-Market Civilization / Chapter 3. The Birth of Petro-Market Civilization in Britain / Chapter 4. The Expansion of Petro-Market Civilization in the United States / Chapter 5. Global Carbon Capitalism / Conclusion. The Post-Carbon Era and the General Crisis of Social Reproduction / Bibliography / Index

About the author

Tim Di Muzio is a Lecturer in the School of History and Politics at the University of Wollongong. He has published in highly esteemed journals and is editor of The Capitalist Mode of Power (2013).

Summary

As fossil fuels deplete, what happens to capitalist political economies they support? This book examines a new theory for understanding energy, social reproduction and capitalism.

Product details

• Authors: Di Muzio, Tim Di Muzio, Di Muzio Tim
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2015
• EAN: 9781783480975
• ISBN: 978-1-78348-097-5
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Political Economy, Environmental policy & protocols, Human Geography, Environmental policy and protocols, Development and environmental geography