Greening the car industry : varieties of capitalism and climate change
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : John Mikler
- ناشر : Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2009
- شابک / ISBN : 9781847206527
Description
Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Varieties of Capitalism Approach 3. The Car Industry and Climate Change 4. How Rules are Made: State Regulations in the European Union, US and Japan 5. Society as Governance? Social Attitudes and Consumer Demand 6. Firms' Rationales: Environmental Reporting 7. Firms' Commitment: Interviews 8. Conclusion Appendices Bibliography
Focusing on Germany, the US and Japan, this book shows that national variations in capitalist relations of production are central to explaining how the car industry tackles the issue of climate change, because such variations are crucial for understanding the normative as well as material basis for firms' motivations.
