Good green jobs in a global economy: making and keeping new industries in the United States /
David J. Hess.
- Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2012.
- (299 p.)
- Urban and industrial environments .
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Energy, manufacturing, and the changing global economy -- Green jobs and the green energy transition -- Green industrial policy and the 111th Congress -- State governments and the greening of import substitution -- The greening of regional industrial clusters -- Localist alternatives to the mainstream transition -- Green transition coalitions and geographical unevenness -- After 2010: continued unevenness in the green transition -- Conclusion -- Appendix: state government votes for green energy laws.
An examination of the politics of green jobs that foresees a potential ideological shift away from neoliberalism toward "developmentalism."
English
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Environmentalists--Vocational guidance--United States. Environmental policy--United States. Ambientalistas --Orientación vocacional --Estados Unidos. Política ambiental --Estados Unidos.