Green New Deal and the Future of Work

Craig Calhoun is University Professor of Social Sciences at Arizona State University. He was previously director of the London School of Economics and Political Science and president of the Social Science Research Council. His most recent book is Degenerations of Democracy (2022), with Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar and Charles Taylor.Benjamin Y. Fong is associate director at the Center for Work and Democracy and Honors Faculty Fellow at Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University. He is the author of Death and Mastery: Psychoanalytic Drive Theory and the Subject of Late Capitalism (Columbia, 2016). His writing has also appeared in Jacobin, Catalyst, the New York Times, and Damage Magazine.

• Introduction, by Craig Calhoun and Benjamin Y. FongPart I: The New Deal and the Green New Deal1. From the New Deal to the Green New Deal, by Richard A. Walker2. From Romance to Utilitarianism: Lessons on Work and Nature from the New Deal, by Hillary Angelo3. A Green New Deal for Agriculture, by Raj Patel and Jim GoodmanPart II: What Is the Crisis of Work?4. A Green New Deal for Care: Revaluing the Work of Social and Ecological Reproduction, by Alyssa Battistoni5. Another World (of Work) Is Possible, by Stephanie Luce6. Time for Rabble-Rousing: Lessons from the Historic Fight for Reduced Working Hours, by Wilson SherwinPart III: Delivering Jobs and Empowering Workers7. Jobs for All: A Job Guarantee Puts Workers in the Driver’s Seat, by Dustin Guastella8. Unions and the Green New Deal, by Mindy Isser9. “Fancy Funeral” or Radical Rebirth? Just Transition and the Future of Work(ers) in the United States, by Todd E. Vachon10. Overcoming the Tragedy of Growth Machines, by Harvey MolotchPart IV: Transforming Infrastructure11. A Green New Deal for Housing, by Daniel Aldana Cohen12. Low-Carbon, High-Speed: How a Green New Deal Can Transform the Transportation Sector, by J. Mijin Cha and Lara Skinner13. Redesigning Political Economy: The Promise and Peril of a Green New Deal for Energy, by Clark A. MillerPart V: The Work of Building a Better Society14. Community Control and the Climate Crisis: Power, Governance, and Racial Capitalism, by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò15. Rethinking the Green New Deal: From War to Work, by Harry C. Boyte and Trygve Throntveit16. How to Create Good Jobs, a Sustainable Environment, and a Durable and Successful Left Political Alliance Through a Green New Deal, by Richard LachmannAcknowledgmentsIndex

A bold and penetrating collection of essays about the most important problems of our time.