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Scanlan, K. Melissa --- "Law and Policy for a New Economy" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) [2017] ELECD 726

Editor(s): Scanlan, K. Melissa

Title: Law and Policy for a New Economy

Sub-title: Sustainable, Just, and Democratic

Topics: Energy Economics; Environmental Economics; Law and Economics; Energy Law; Environmental Law; Environmental Governance and Regulation; Environmental Politics and Policy; Public Administration and Management

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 26 May 2017

Number of pages: c 320

ISBN (hard cover): 9781786434517

EISBN: 9781786434524

Abstract/Description:

The current political economic system is misaligned for meeting the global imperatives of rapidly reducing greenhouse gases and sharing wealth more equitably. This book makes the case for a new environmentalism that implements a systems change approach to reorient the economy to be more sustainable, just, and democratic.

This book addresses the laws and policies needed to support the emergence of a new economy across a variety of major areas – including energy, food, common pool resources, and the shifting of investments to capitalize locally-connected and mission-driven businesses. The contributors take the approach that these challenges are much broader than setting parameters around pollution, and indeed go to the heart of the dominant global political economy. The authors also explore the values needed to transform our current economic system into a new economy supportive of ecological integrity, social justice, and vibrant democracy.

Law and Policy for a New Economy: Sustainable, Just, and Democratic will appeal to those interested in environmental law, climate change, environmental studies, political ecology and environmental economics.