Criminology and Climate: Insurance, Finance and the Regulation of Harmscapes (Criminology at the Edge)

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Synopsis
This book explores the role of the insurance industry in contributing to, and responding to, the harms that climate change has brought and will bring either directly or indirectly. The Anthropocene signifies a new role for humankind: we are the only species that has become a driving force in the planetary system. What might criminology be in the Anthropocene? What does the Anthropocene suggest for future theory and practice of criminology? Criminology and Climate, as part of Routledge’s Criminology at the Edge Series, seeks to contribute to this research agenda by exploring differing vantage points relevant to thinking within criminology. Contemporary societies are presented with myriad intersecting and interacting climate-related harms at multiple scales. Criminology and Climate brings attention to the finance sector, with a particular focus on the insurance industry as one of its most significant components, in both generating and responding to new climate ‘harmscapes’. Bringing together thought leaders from a variety of disciplines, this book considers what finance and insurance have done and might still do, as ‘fulcrum institutions’, to contribute to the realisation of safe and just planetary spaces. An accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology, sociology, law and environmental studies and provides readers with a basis to analyse the challenges and opportunities for the finance sector, and in particular the insurance industry, in the regulation of climate harms.
Copyright:
2021

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
200 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780429574955
Related ISBNs:
9780367192303, 9780429201172, 9780367683665
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Cameron Holley, Liam Phelan and Clifford Shearing
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Cameron Holley
Edited by:
Liam Phelan
Edited by:
Clifford Shearing

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