The Politics of Green Transformations

Multiple 'green transformations' are required if humanity is to live sustainably on planet Earth. This book, written by experts in the field, examines what social and political alliances are required to realise green transformations. The role of the state is emphasised, as well as the role of citizens, as innovators, entrepreneurs, green consumers and members of social movements. Green transformations must be both 'top-down', involving elite alliances between states and business, but also 'bottom up', pushed by grassroots innovators and entrepreneurs, and part of wider mobilisations among civil society.

Ian Scoones is a Professional Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex, UK and Director of the ESRC STEPS Centre.

Melissa Leach is Director of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex UK. Peter Newell is Professor of International Relations at the University of Sussex, UK.

1. The Politics of Green Transformations 2. What is Green? Transformation Imperatives and Knowledge Politics 3. Invoking 'Science' in Debates about Green Transformations: A Help or a Hindrance? 4. Emancipating Transformation: From Controlling 'the Transition' to Culturing Plural Radical Progress 5. The Politics of Green Transformations in Capitalism 6. The Political Dynamics of Green Transformations: Feedback Effects and Institutional Context 7. Green Transformations from Below? The Politics of Grassroots Innovation 8. Mobilizing for Green Transformations 9. The Green Entrepreneurial State 10. Financing Green Transformations 11. Green Transformation: Is There a Fast Track?