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Palgrave MacMillan Sustainability and Energy Politics Ecological Modernisation and Corporate Social Responsibility 2015 Edition by Giorel Curran
The author explores the fraught politics of energy transitions in an age of climate change. She does so through an ecological modernisation and corporate social responsibility lens which she contends shapes and underpins sustainability today. Case studies cover climate policy, unconventional gas and renewable energy. Table of contents :- IntroductionPART I: THEORISING CONTEMPORARY SUSTAINABILITY1. Sustainability Today: From Fringe to Mainstream 2. Ecological Modernisation: Promises and Prospects3. Corporate Social Responsibility: Business Stepping Up?PART II: PRACTISING CONTEMPORARY SUSTAINABILITY 4. The Politics of Climate Change: Fight and Flight 5. Unconventional Gas and Social Licence: Locking the Gate? 6. Renewable Energy Transitions: Powering the Future Conclusion