Rise of the Green Left - Inside the Worldwide Ecosocialist Movement

Informationen zum Autor Derek Wall is the author of numerous books including Elinor Ostrom's Rules for Radicals (Pluto, 2017), Economics After Capitalism (Pluto, 2015), The Rise of the Green Left (Pluto, 2010) and The Sustainable Economics of Elinor Ostrom (Routledge, 2014). He teaches Political Economy at Goldsmiths College, University of London and was International Co-ordinator of the Green Party of England and Wales. Klappentext Climate change and other ecological ills are driving the creation of a grassroots global movement for change. From Latin America to Europe, Australia and China a militant movement merging red and green is taking shape. Ecosocialists argue that capitalism threatens the future of humanity and the rest of nature. From indigenous protest in the Peruvian Amazon to the green transition in Cuba to the creation of red-green parties in Europe, ecosocialism is defining the future of left and green politics globally. Latin American leaders such as Morales and Chavez are increasingly calling for an ecosocialist transition. Drawing on the work of key thinkers such as Joel Kovel and John Bellamy Foster, Derek Wall provides an unique insider view of how ecosocialism has developed and a practical guide to focused ecosocialist action. A great handbook for activists and engaged students of politics. Zusammenfassung A unique insider view of how ecosocialism has developed and a practical guide to focused ecosocialist action.

Product details

• Authors: Derek Wall, Wall Derek
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.09.2010
• EAN: 9780745330365
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3036-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Environmentalist thought and ideology