Embedding Just Transition in the USA: The Long Ambivalence

Stevis, Dimitris

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“…For Cock, just transitions may be categorised as ‘defensive’ or ‘transformative’ (Cock, 2021: 181); for Cha they are best categorised as ‘protective’, ‘proactive’ or ‘transformative’, with the latter challenging the logic of capitalism, eliminating social inequalities and enacting new models of ownership and decision-making (Cha et al, 2022; Vachon, 2021). In addition to documenting variations in the breadth, depth and scope of just transitions, Stevis has noted that it is crucial to look beyond unions’ embrace or rejection of the ‘just transition’ term, and instead focus on the deeper socioecological strategies of the actors involved (Stevis, 2021a: 615).…”

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“…If the study of industrial relations is, following Hyman's definition, the study of control, then it is states that do most of the controlling of both climate policy and the rules of work. Analyses of state policies aimed at reducing emissions while protecting worker rights in the United States, Spain, South Africa and Ethiopia have not necessarily been viewed as progressive by unions (Saget et al, 2021; Stevis, 2021a). Some state actors have used mining identities and social imaginaries to ‘construct authenticity’ to legitimate anti-climate policy (Kojola, 2019).…”

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Climate change and industrial relations: Reflections on an emerging field

Flanagan

Goods

2022

Journal of Industrial Relations

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What does climate change mean for the field of industrial relations? In this article, we argue that a meaningful disciplinary response to climate change requires more than simply widening the scope of industrial relations scholarship to include environmental dynamics. It demands recognition of the ways in which the categories of analysis and intellectual preoccupations of the discipline have been shaped by what we term the ‘fossil capitalist inertia’ exerted by their largely 20th-century origins. Climate change requires critical reflection of the extent to which industrial relations processes that were introduced to increase fairness and equality in a fossil capitalist context have the potential to contribute to different kinds of unfairness and inequality in an era of climate instability. The article identifies four frontiers of the scholarly development already underway that give effect to this conceptual enlargement: critical engagement with the concepts of (a) ‘sustainable development’ and (b) ‘just transition’ (c) analyses of reconfigured union identities and strategies and (d) discussions of the roles and influence of employer associations and state actors in labour and environmental relations and transitions. The article concludes by introducing five new articles that advance existing scholarly reflections on the challenge of a changed climate for industrial relations along each of these frontiers.

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Climate change and industrial relations: Reflections on an emerging field

Flanagan

Goods

2022

Journal of Industrial Relations

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Just Transitions

Stevis

2023

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Just transition prompts us to explore a number of important dimensions of Earth System Governance research, including sustainability transformations, inequality, power and justice. This Element aims to place just transition in the dynamics of the world political economy over the last several decades and to offer an overview of the varieties of just transitions based on an analytical scheme that focuses on their breadth (coverage), depth (social and ecological priorities) and ambition. The focus on breadth, depth and ambition centers on power, inequality and injustice and allows us to analyze and compare just transitions as a prerequisite for their fuller interpretation.

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Embedding Just Transition in the USA: The Long Ambivalence

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Climate change and industrial relations: Reflections on an emerging field

Climate change and industrial relations: Reflections on an emerging field

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