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Social Ecological Transformation, Whether You Like It or Not!

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  • Clive L. Spash

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On a planetary level, the potential for harm by a minority of humanity, due to the scale of intensive energy and material use, is combined with destructive military technology and material, chemical and biological interventions. In popular consciousness, the power of a few to cause planetary destruction became evident with the creation of nuclear weapons. In a world where ‘competition’ in all forms is made a virtue, the potential for nuclear war is an ever-present threat. Yet, the apparently harmless ongoing everyday use of materials and energy is an equally, if not more, pressing problem. Since the rise of industrial modernity and the capital accumulating economy the rate, scale and qualities of change have been transformed and accelerated.

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  • Clive L. Spash, 2019. "Social Ecological Transformation, Whether You Like It or Not!," Environmental Values, White Horse Press, vol. 28(3), pages 263-273, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:env:journl:ev28:editev283
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    Keywords

    global change; capitalism; social transformation;
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    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development

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