Working Through Planetary Breakdown
This book offers a genuinely interdisciplinary engagement with the future of paid and unpaid work in the context of the twin challenges of decarbonisation and the growing impacts of an unstable climate. It is innovative in its grounding of such discussions in the everyday realities of workers’ expe...
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2025
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| description | This book offers a genuinely interdisciplinary engagement with the future of paid and unpaid work in the context of the twin challenges of decarbonisation and the growing impacts of an unstable climate.
It is innovative in its grounding of such discussions in the everyday realities of workers’ experiences with an empirical focus on skill, occupational shifts and technological change at the workplace level. Part I: Skills and Training delves into how workers gain crucial skills across their lifetimes. From survivalist “preppers” to local microgrid operators, the chapters reveal practical and often unrecognised but essential expertise. Case studies include air-conditioning technical educators and construction trades leveraging tacit knowledge of sustainable practices. Part II: Industrial Transformation draws on empirical studies from coal mining, manufacturing, defence and construction to highlight workers’ experiences of climate shifts, heat and industrial transition. Theoretical contributions explore novel legal strategies such as fossil fuel “cessation” and examine the role of health and safety frameworks in addressing worker democracy and climate-change mitigation.
This collection will resonate with scholars, students, policymakers and trade unionists interested in environmental labour studies, just transitions and the future of work. It offers vital lessons for navigating complex industrial transformations.
Key features:
Detailed case studies in critical sectors such as energy, construction, defence and manufacturing;
A dynamic interdisciplinary fusion of human geography, political economy, sociology, industrial relations and law;
Emphasis on worker agency, practical skill and grassroots adaptability amid intensifying climate impacts. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1632502025-07-31T05:04:00Z Working Through Planetary Breakdown Carr, Chantel Adams Stein, Jesse climate change,occupational shifts,technological adaptation,worker agency,material resourcefulness,environmental labour studies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJW Office and workplace::KJWX Working patterns and practices thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment::RNPG Climate change This book offers a genuinely interdisciplinary engagement with the future of paid and unpaid work in the context of the twin challenges of decarbonisation and the growing impacts of an unstable climate. It is innovative in its grounding of such discussions in the everyday realities of workers’ experiences with an empirical focus on skill, occupational shifts and technological change at the workplace level. Part I: Skills and Training delves into how workers gain crucial skills across their lifetimes. From survivalist “preppers” to local microgrid operators, the chapters reveal practical and often unrecognised but essential expertise. Case studies include air-conditioning technical educators and construction trades leveraging tacit knowledge of sustainable practices. Part II: Industrial Transformation draws on empirical studies from coal mining, manufacturing, defence and construction to highlight workers’ experiences of climate shifts, heat and industrial transition. Theoretical contributions explore novel legal strategies such as fossil fuel “cessation” and examine the role of health and safety frameworks in addressing worker democracy and climate-change mitigation. This collection will resonate with scholars, students, policymakers and trade unionists interested in environmental labour studies, just transitions and the future of work. It offers vital lessons for navigating complex industrial transformations. Key features: Detailed case studies in critical sectors such as energy, construction, defence and manufacturing; A dynamic interdisciplinary fusion of human geography, political economy, sociology, industrial relations and law; Emphasis on worker agency, practical skill and grassroots adaptability amid intensifying climate impacts. 2025-07-31T05:03:58Z 2025-07-31T05:03:58Z 2025-07-30T12:14:42Z 2026 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104464 9781003512240 9781032843254 9781032817712 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163250 eng Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies open access Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003512240 10.4324/9781003512240 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Chapter Skill, industrial transformation and work in a climate-changing world aeb34be5-3c29-4d6f-a8a9-8d1c402f0ded Chapter 5 “Creative Technicians” and “Technical Creatives” 17da8ee1-95a7-46ee-b472-1e3aa80f8d10 9781003512240 9781032843254 9781032817712 Routledge open access |
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| topic | climate change,occupational shifts,technological adaptation,worker agency,material resourcefulness,environmental labour studies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJW Office and workplace::KJWX Working patterns and practices thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment::RNPG Climate change |
| topic_facet | climate change,occupational shifts,technological adaptation,worker agency,material resourcefulness,environmental labour studies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJW Office and workplace::KJWX Working patterns and practices thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNP Pollution and threats to the environment::RNPG Climate change |
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