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Titles listAn alternative socio-ecological strategy? International trade unions' engagement with climate change
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unige:30924 
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An alternative socio-ecological strategy? International trade unions' engagement with climate change |
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| Published in | Review of International Political Economy. 2014, vol. 21, no. 2, p. 372-398 | |
| Abstract | In the context of a global ecological crisis, it is an important move when trade unions turn to environmentalism. Yet, the form that this environmentalism takes is often overlooked. This is especially the case with international trade unions. Based on an empirical study of international trade unions' engagement with the climate change issue, this article argues that international trade unions follow three different (and partially conflicting) strategies. I label these strategies as ‘deliberative', ‘collaborative growth' and ‘socialist', and I examine each in turn. I argue that such analysis is important if we want to identify the potential for transforming the social relations of production that are at the root of the current climate crisis, and for identifying an alternative socio-ecological strategy. | |
| Keywords | Climate change — Trade unions — International political economy — Strategy — International labour studies — Environmental politics | |
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| Research groups | Pôle/Institut Gouvernance de l'environnement et développement territorial (PI-GEDT) Politique, environnement, territoire | |
| Project | FNS: 134448 | |
| Citation (ISO format) | FELLI, Romain. An alternative socio-ecological strategy? International trade unions' engagement with climate change. In: Review of International Political Economy, 2014, vol. 21, n° 2, p. 372-398. doi: 10.1080/09692290.2012.761642 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:30924 |
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