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Dr. Kieran Allen is a senior lecturer at the School of Sociology, University College Dublin. His research interests include Contemporary Irish Society; Marxist Theory;…
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Dr. Kieran Allen is a senior lecturer at the School of Sociology, University College Dublin. His research interests include Contemporary Irish Society; Marxist Theory; Globalisation; Work and Industry and Max Weber. He has published numerous books, book chapters and journal articles.
This edition of the Advances in Ecopolitics Series with Emerald Publishing examines the range of environmental campaigns that are in occurring across the planet. As world leaders…
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This edition of the Advances in Ecopolitics Series with Emerald Publishing examines the range of environmental campaigns that are in occurring across the planet. As world leaders attempt to tackle climate change, this edition presents a collection of case studies on global grassroots initiatives and activism in diverse areas such as green economic alternatives in Anne Pettifor's study on ‘The Green New Deal: Restoring Balance and Stability to the Global Financial and Ecosystem’ or John Barry's chapter ‘Towards a Model of Green Political Economy: From Economic Growth and Ecological Modernisation to Economic Security’ or regional activism in defense of communities as presented in Victor Ojakorotu's study on ‘the Dilemma of Justice: Foreign Oil Multinationals and Human Rights Violation in the Niger Delta of Nigeria’.