The New Carbon Economy Peter Newell by Peter Newell 9781118315835, 9781444350227, 1118315839, 1444350226 instant download after payment.
The New Carbon Economy provides a critical understanding of the carbon economy. It offers key insights into the constitution, governance and effects of the carbon economy, across a variety of geographical settings.
- Examines different dimensions of the carbon economy from a range of disciplinary angles in a diversity of settings
- Provides ways for researchers to subject claims of newness and uniqueness to critical scrutiny
- Historicizes claims of the 'newness' of the carbon economy
- Covers a range of geographical settings including Europe, the US and Central America
Content:
Chapter 1 The “New” Carbon Economy: What's New? (pages 1–11): Emily Boyd, Maxwell Boykoff and Peter Newell
Chapter 2 The Matter of Carbon: Understanding the Materiality of tCO2e in Carbon Offsets (pages 13–39): Adam G. Bumpus
Chapter 3 Making Markets Out of Thin Air: A Case of Capital Involution1 (pages 41–63): Maria Gutierrez
Chapter 4 Between Desire and Routine: Assembling Environment and Finance in Carbon Markets (pages 65–84): Philippe Descheneau and Matthew Paterson
Chapter 5 Ecological Modernisation and the Governance of Carbon: A Critical Analysis (pages 85–106): Ian Bailey, Andy Gouldson and Peter Newell
Chapter 6 Accounting for Carbon: The Role of Accounting Professional Organisations in Governing Climate Change (pages 107–133): Heather Lovell and Donald MacKenzie
Chapter 7 Realizing Carbon's Value: Discourse and Calculation in the Production of Carbon Forestry Offsets in Costa Rica (pages 135–157): David M. Lansing
Chapter 8 Resisting and Reconciling Big Wind: Middle Landscape Politics in the New American West (pages 159–181): Roopali Phadke
