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Beschreibung
Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes analyzes climate change from a criminological perspective. Four state-corporate crimes are examined: continued extraction of fossil fuels and rising carbon emissions; political omission related to the mitigation of emissions; socially organized denial; and climate crimes of empire. The final chapter reviews policies to achieve climate justice.
Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes analyzes climate change from a criminological perspective. Four state-corporate crimes are examined: continued extraction of fossil fuels and rising carbon emissions; political omission related to the mitigation of emissions; socially organized denial; and climate crimes of empire. The final chapter reviews policies to achieve climate justice.
Über den Autor
RONALD C. KRAMER is a professor of sociology and former director of the criminal justice program at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. He is the co-author of State-Corporate Crime: Wrongdoing at the Intersection of Business and Government (Rutgers University Press).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
List of Abbreviations
1. “This Was a Crime:” Climate Change as a Criminological Concern
2. “Beyond Catastrophic:” The Climate Crisis, Carbon Criminals, and Fossil Capitalism
3. “When Did They Know”? Climate Crimes of Continued Extraction and Rising Emissions
4. “The Politics of Predatory Delay:” Climate Crimes of Political Omission and Socially Organized Denial
5. “Slowing the Rise of the Oceans”? Obama’s Mixed Legacy and Trump’s Climate Crimes
6. “Blood for Oil,” Pentagon Emissions, and the “Politics of the Armed Lifeboat:” Climate Crimes of Empire
7. The “Climate Swerve:” Hope, Resistance, and Climate Justice
References
Index
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Importe, Umwelt
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Ökologie
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781978805583
ISBN-10: 1978805586
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Kramer, Ronald C
Hersteller: Rutgers University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße: 226 x 150 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Ronald C Kramer
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.04.2020
Gewicht: 0,376 kg
Artikel-ID: 117625541