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ENVIRONMENT AND EMPLOYMENT
A RECONCILIATION |
| By: |
Philip Lawn (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£175.00 |
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£157.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0415448794 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780415448796 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
26 June, 2009 |
| Series: |
Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics |
| Pages: |
416 |
| Description: |
An annual GDP growth rate of around three per cent is regarded as the minimum necessary to prevent unemployment from escalating. This book intends to resolve the environment-employment dilemma by suggesting ways and means to achieve low rates of unemployment, or preferably full employment, in the context of a low-growth or steady-state economy. |
| Synopsis: |
Mounting evidence suggests that GDP growth is damaging the natural environment and unlikely to be ecologically sustainable in the long-run. At the same time, an annual GDP growth rate of around three percent is regarded as the minimum necessary to prevent unemployment from escalating. Clearly, a trade-off exists between environmental goals and employment goals, yet this trade-off has been largely ignored or denied. This book aims to resolve the environment-employment dilemma by suggesting ways and means to achieve low rates of unemployment, or preferably full employment, in the context of a low-growth or steady-state economy. In search of a solution to this dilemma, this book seeks to answer the following questions: * What existing paradigms offer a possible foundation for further investigation into issues dealing with both the environment and employment? * What specific initiatives can be implemented to deal with unemployment given that any potential solution must be consistent with responsible macroeconomic policy? * To what extent can ecological tax reform provide a solution to the environment-employment dilemma?* Under what circumstances is it clear that certain forms of employment generation are antithetic to the goal of ecological sustainability? * How can more favourable employment-generating opportunities be exploited in ways which lower unemployment or achieve full employment without the need for ecologically-destructive GDP growth? This book will no doubt stimulate a broader discussion on the issue, and it may just begin a process that leads to the eventual emergence of a viable policy strategy to generate a sustainable, full employment future. This book will be of interest to decision-makers, civil servants, researchers, and NGO employees as well as students of environmental and ecological economics and issues related to employment and unemployment. |
| Illustrations: |
50 black & white illustrations, 30 black & white tables, 50 black & white |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
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