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Good green jobs in a global economy: making and keeping new industries in the United States / David J. Hess.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Urban and industrial environmentsPublication details: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2012.Description: (299 p.)Content type:
  • text
ISBN:
  • 1283629801
  • 0262305909
  • 9786613942258
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification:
  • 363.7023
LOC classification:
  • GE 60  H586g 2012
Contents:
Introduction -- Energy, manufacturing, and the changing global economy -- Green jobs and the green energy transition -- Green industrial policy and the 111th Congress -- State governments and the greening of import substitution -- The greening of regional industrial clusters -- Localist alternatives to the mainstream transition -- Green transition coalitions and geographical unevenness -- After 2010: continued unevenness in the green transition -- Conclusion -- Appendix: state government votes for green energy laws.
Summary: An examination of the politics of green jobs that foresees a potential ideological shift away from neoliberalism toward "developmentalism."
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) GE 60 H586g 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000128038

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Energy, manufacturing, and the changing global economy -- Green jobs and the green energy transition -- Green industrial policy and the 111th Congress -- State governments and the greening of import substitution -- The greening of regional industrial clusters -- Localist alternatives to the mainstream transition -- Green transition coalitions and geographical unevenness -- After 2010: continued unevenness in the green transition -- Conclusion -- Appendix: state government votes for green energy laws.

An examination of the politics of green jobs that foresees a potential ideological shift away from neoliberalism toward "developmentalism."

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