Marxism and Ecological Economics

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Marxism and Ecological Economics is written by Paul Burkett and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 904740856X (ISBN 10) and 9789047408567 (ISBN 13).

This book undertakes the first general assessment of ecological economics from a Marxist point of view, and shows how Marxist political economy can make a substantial contribution to ecological economics. The analysis is developed in terms of four basic issues: (1) nature and economic value; (2) the treatment of nature as capital; (3) the significance of the entropy law for economic systems; (4) the concept of sustainable development. In each case, it is shown that Marxism can help ecological economics fulfill its commitments to multi-disciplinarity, methodological pluralism, and historical openness. In this way, a foundation is constructed for a substantive dialogue between Marxists and ecological economists.