TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baer,Hans A.
TI  - Democratic Eco-Socialism as a Real Utopia: Transitioning to an Alternative World System 
SN  - 9781785336959
U1  - 335 23/eng/20240417
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - anthropogenic
KW  - birth rate
KW  - capitalism
KW  - change of heart
KW  - climate change
KW  - compromise
KW  - culture
KW  - economic
KW  - economics
KW  - economy
KW  - ecosocialism
KW  - environmentalism
KW  - global
KW  - historical
KW  - history
KW  - human nature
KW  - justice
KW  - liberal
KW  - life changing
KW  - modern world
KW  - political
KW  - population growth
KW  - population
KW  - priorities
KW  - progressive
KW  - realistic
KW  - research
KW  - social equality
KW  - socialism
KW  - socioeconomic
KW  - sustainability
KW  - timely
KW  - true story
KW  - utopia
KW  - world history
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; List of Illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; Chapter 1 The Contradictions of the Capitalist World System at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century --; Chapter 2 Twentieth-Century Attempts to Create Socialism: Successes and Failures --; Chapter 3 Technoliberal and Countercultural Visions of the Future --; Chapter 4 Eff orts to Reconceptualize Socialism --; Chapter 5 The Role of Anti-systemic Movements in Creating a Socio-ecological Revolution --; Chapter 6 Transitional System-Challenging Reforms --; Chapter 7 Conclusion: The Future in the Balance --; References --; Index; restricted access
N2  - As global economic and population growth continues to skyrocket, increasingly strained resources have made one thing clear: the desperate need for an alternative to capitalism. In Democratic Eco-Socialism as a Real Utopia, Hans Baer outlines the urgent need to reevaluate historical definitions of socialism, commit to social equality and justice, and prioritize environmental sustainability. Democatic eco-socialism, as he terms it, is a system capable of mobilizing people around the world, albeit in different ways, to prevent on-going human socio-economic and environmental degradation, and anthropogenic climate change
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781785336966?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781785336966
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781785336966/original
ER  -