Workers of the Earth - Labour, Ecology and Reproduction in the Age of Climate Change

Capitalism is destroying our planet, but like most social progress in the last two centuries, ecological justice can only be achieved through working-class struggle.In Workers of the Earth, Stefania Barca uncovers the environmental history and political ecology of labour to shed new light on the potentiality of workers as ecological subjects. Taking an ecofeminist approach, this ground-breaking book makes a unique contribution to the emerging field of environmental labour studies, expanding the category of labour to include waged and unwaged, industrial and meta-industrial workers.Going beyond conventional categories of 'production' and 'reproduction' as separate spheres of human experience, Barca offers a fresh perspective on the place of labour in today's global climate struggle, reminding us that the fight against climate change is a fight against capitalism.

Product details

• Authors: Stefania Barca, Barca Stefania
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9780745343877
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-4387-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Climate Change, NATURE / Ecology, Political Ideologies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Feminism & feminist theory, Social impact of environmental issues, Sociology: work & labour, Feminism and feminist theory, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Environmentalist, Conservationist & Green Organizations, Environmentalist, conservationist and Green organizations, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Green politics / ecopolitics / environmentalism