Climate innovation :liberal capitali...
Harrison, Neil E., (1949-)

 

  • Climate innovation :liberal capitalism and climate change /
  • Record Type: Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
    [NT 15000414]: 333.7
    Title/Author: Climate innovation : : liberal capitalism and climate change // edited by Neil E. Harrison and John Mikler.
    other author: Harrison, Neil E.,
    Description: 1 online resource.
    Subject: Climatic changes - Economic aspects.
    ISBN: 1137319895 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 9781137319890 (electronic bk.)
    [NT 15000228]: 1. An Introduction to Climate Innovation; Neil E. Harrison and John Mikler -- 2. Institutions that Influence Climate Innovation; Neil E. Harrison and John Mikler -- PART I: THE NATIONAL CONTEXT OF CLIMATE INNOVATION -- 3. Climate Policy, Energy Technologies, and the American Developmental State; Robert MacNeil -- 4. Colorado's New Energy Economy: Ecological Modernization, American-Style?; Stratis Giannakouros and Dimitris Stevis -- PART II: THE CORPORATE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE INNOVATION -- 5. The Role of Corporate Scientists and Institutional Context: Corporate Responses to Climate Change in the Automobile Industry; David Levy and Sandra Rothenberg -- 6. How Firms Respond to Institutions when Investing in Climate Innovation; Neil E. Harrison and John Mikler -- 7. US Labour Unions and Climate Change: Technological Innovations and Institutional Influences; Dimitris Stevis -- PART III: CLIMATE INNOVATION ACROSS BORDERS -- 8. The Influence of US Neoliberalism on International Climate Change Policy; Jeffrey McGee -- 9. Varieties of Capitalism and US versus Chinese Corporations' Climate -- Change Strategies; John Mikler and Hinrich Voss -- 10. Institutional Complexity in European Union Climate Innovation: European and National Experiences with Off-Shore Renewable Energy; Ian Bailey -- 11. Conclusion: A Way Forward; Neil E. Harrison and John Mikler.
    [NT 15000229]: Capitalism is criticized as both the cause of, and the main barrier to, effective mitigation of climate change. Yet, from the earliest days of the international negotiations, states have agreed that technological innovation, believed to be a primary strength of capitalism, is crucial to prevention of a dangerous accumulation of atmospheric greenhouse gases. Nations prefer to rely on innovative technologies to reduce emissions than to use regulations to constrain markets and limit social choice. The contributors to this volume show that the strengths of the system that creates ever new consumer products and industrial processes actually prevent the generation of technological innovations that would most effectively mitigate climate change. Through comprehensive research of the US innovation system and how companies respond to its supporting institutions, they demonstrate that liberal capitalism's perceived strengths are also its weaknesses. They also show that current theories of technological innovation are incomplete and suggest the institutional changes needed to generate climate innovations.
    Online resource: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137319890
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