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Tag: Geneva

Geneva on Climate Change

Posted on February 16, 2015March 26, 2019 by peadarkirby

Given the almost complete lack of media coverage, most people will be unaware that the road to an historic climate treaty to be agreed in Paris next December was opened up considerably last week in Geneva. The talks between 194 states was the latest phase in the process put in place by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to agree a binding treaty by the end of this year. While the meeting began…

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New book from Peadar Kirby

Karl Polanyi and the Contemporary Political Crisis: Transforming Market Society in the Era of Climate Change

Has politics reached breaking point? Rather than defending liberalism or abandoning it, how can a socially just and ecological alternative be built? My new book investigates the causes of our current multifaceted global crisis by drawing on the work of Karl Polanyi. This book explores Polanyi’s theory that social disruptions result from the attempt to run society according to the rules of the market. Drawing on these ideas, it outlines pathways towards an alternative future that overcome weaknesses in Marxism. Linking the ecological, political and socio-economic crises, The book identifies that an alternative socio-ecological model is emerging, consistent with the insights of Polanyi. Karl Polanyi and the Contemporary Political Crisis is being published in early December 2020 and is a contribution to key debates on the future of politics, on the low-carbon transition, on automation and on the emerging world order

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