The new carbon economy: constitution, governance and contestation

The New Carbon Economy provides a critical understanding of the carbon economy. It offers key insights into the constitution, governance and effects of thecarbon economy, across a variety of geographical settings. Examines differentdimensions 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 INDICE: Notes on ContributorsIntroduction: The 'New' Carbon Economy: What's New? (Emily Boyd, Maxwell Boykoff and Peter Newell)Part I: Constituting the New' Carbon Economy1. The Matter of Carbon: Understanding the Materiality of tCO2e in Carbon Offsets (Adam G. Bumpus)2. Making Markets Out of Thin Air: A Case of Capital Involution (María Gutiérrez)3. Between Desire and Routine: Assembling Environment and Finance in Carbon Markets (Philippe Descheneau and Matthew Paterson)Part II: Governing the New' Carbon Economy4. Ecological Modernisation and the Governance of Carbon: A Critical Analysis (Ian Bailey, Andy Gouldson and Peter Newell)5. Accounting for Carbon: The Role of Accounting Professional Organisations in Governing Climate Change (Heather Lovell and Donald MacKenzie)Part III: Effects of the New' Carbon Economy6. Realizing Carbon's Value: Discourse and Calculation in the Production of Carbon Forestry Offsets in Costa Rica (David M. Lansing)7. Resisting and Reconciling Big Wind: Middle Landscape Politics in the New American West (Roopali Phadke)Index

• ISBN: 978-1-4443-5022-7
• Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 184
• Fecha Publicación: 19/12/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés