Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. PART I The New Deal and the Green New Deal
5. 1 From the New Deal to the Green New Deal 21
6. 2 From Romance to Utilitarianism: Lessons on Work and Nature from the New Deal 53
7. 3 A Green New Deal for Agriculture 78
8. PART II What Is the Crisis of Work?
9. 4 A Green New Deal for Care: Revaluing the Work of Social and Ecological Reproduction 103
10. 6 Time for Rabble- Rousing: Lessons from the Historic Fight for Reduced Working Hours 142
11. PART III Delivering Jobs and Empowering Workers
12. 7 Jobs for All: A Job Guarantee Puts Workers in the Driver’s Seat 153
13. 8 Unions and the Green New Deal 177
14. “Fancy Funeral” or Radical Rebirth? Just Transition and the Future of Work(ers) in the United States 192
15. 10 Overcoming the Tragedy of Growth Machines 213
16. PART IV Transforming Infrastructure
17. 11 A Green New Deal for Housing 235
18. 12 Low- Carbon, High- Speed: How a Green New Deal Can Transform the Transportation Sector 255
19. 13 Redesigning Political Economy: The Promise and Peril of a Green New Deal for Energy 270
20. PART V The Work of Building a Better Society
21. 14 Community Control and the Climate Crisis: Power, Governance, and Racial Capitalism 293
22. 15 Rethinking the Green New Deal: From War to Work 310
23. 16 How to Create Good Jobs, a Sustainable Environment, and a Durable and Successful Left Political Alliance Through a Green New Deal 336
24. Acknowledgments 359
25. Index 361