Selected by the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Library University of California, Berkeley

• Author: Janice Kimball,Terence K. Huwe
• Published date: 01 January 2014
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12051
• Date: 01 January 2014

Recent Publications

Selected by the Institute for Research on Labor and

Employment Library University of California, Berkeley

TERENCE K. HUWE, Dir ect or of L ibr ary & I nfo rma tio n Res our ces

JANICE KIMBALL, Library Assistant

Can Green Sustain Growth? From the Religion to the Reality of Sus-

tainable Prosperity. By John Zysman, Mark Huberty. Stanford, CA:

Stanford University Press, 2013. 978-0-804-78525-9. 352 pp. $45.00.

Although the concept of the “green economy”is popular and widely evoked, meaningful

progress in building a viable green economy has yet to take place. The slow growth of the

green economic engine implies that theory has not caught up with real-world conditions.

Zysman and Huberty assess how we might go from theoretical support to implementation,

arguing that it is necessary to engage in radical experimentation. But large-scale change

is costly, and the formation of a new economic model will not succeed without political

support, along with cooperation between business and government. This volume presents

eight international case studies to consider what we can learn from the implementation of

green growth strategies to date. The authors conclude that coalitions for green experimenta-

tion are most likely to survive when they address climate solutions in connection with

solutions to specific problems that appeal to both environmental and industrial interests.

Capitalism and Democracy: A Fragile Alliance. By Theo van de,

Klundert. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2013. 978-1-78195-615.

240 pp. $120.00.

The author explores the long-standing question of how capitalism and democracy can either

work hand in hand or operate as opposing forces. He pays particular attention to the Euro

crisis and resulting recession that has plagued the Euro Zone for years. He places real-world

events in the context of classic debates about economics and policy, invoking Marx, Schum-

peter, and Polanyi. This volume also assesses familiar topics such as property rights, techno-

logical development, and long waves, and introduces newer ideas from the fields of political

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, Vol. 53, No. 1 (January 2014). ©2013 Regents of the University of California

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