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The political economy of addressing the climate crisis in the earth system: undermining perverse resilience
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In this article, the authors build theory by linking key concepts - hegemony and resilience -from neo-Gramscian political economic analysis and resilience approaches to the Earth system dynamics.Abstract:
The Earth system is a complex adaptive system, characterised by non-linear change and with significant capacity for surprise. In times of systemic crisis, such as dangerous anthropogenic climate change, perverse resilience (for example the structural power of fossil fuel interests in the global economy) can threaten overall Earth system stability. Critical political economic analysis recognises climate change as a threat with significant political economic characteristics and implications. However, key dimensions of climate change as a globally coherent phenomenon, including the important implications of Earth system dynamism and non-linear change, can remain unrecognised, mischaracterised or underestimated. In contrast, resilience approaches describe social-ecological systems but neglect the significance of norms and power relations in human societies. This article builds theory by linking key concepts – hegemony and resilience – from neo-Gramscian political economic analysis and resilience approaches to...read more
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Linkages between vulnerability, resilience, and adaptive capacity
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse les relations conceptuelles (imprecises) de la vulnerabilite, de la resilience and de la capacite d'adaptation aux changements climatiques selon le systeme socioecologique (socio-ecologigal systems -SES) afin de comprendre and anticiper le comportement des composantes sociales et ecologiques du systeme.
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Regime Resistance against Low-Carbon Transitions: Introducing Politics and Power into the Multi-Level Perspective
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
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