Socialist States and the Environment

Lessons for Eco-Socialist Futures

Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro

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English

Pluto Press
20 July 2021

Higher & further education, tertiary education; Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies; Constitution: government & the state; Environmental economics; Environmentalist thought & ideology

More than thirty years after the collapse of the USSR, the critique of state socialism is still used to deny alternatives to capitalism, irrespective of global capitalist ecological and social devastation. There is seemingly nothing worthwhile salvaging from decades of state socialist experiences.

As the climate crisis deepens, Engel-Di Mauro argues that we need to re-evaluate the environmental practices and policies of state socialism, especially as they had more environmentally beneficial than destructive effects. Rather than dismissing state socialism's heritage out of hand, we should reclaim it for contemporary eco-socialist ends.

By means of a comparative and multiple-scaled approach, Engel-Di Mauro points to highly diverse and environmentally constructive state socialist experiences. Taking the reader from the USSR to China and Cuba, this is a fiery and contentious look at what worked, what didn't, and how we can move towards an eco-socialist future.

By: Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro
Imprint: Pluto Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 135mm,
Weight: 309g
ISBN: 9780745340418
ISBN 10: 0745340415
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 20 July 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 A Brief History of Socialist States and Ecosocialism 3 The Poverty of Comparisons 4 Environmental Impacts in Context 5 Reckoning with Contradictions to Build Ecosocialism Postface References Index

Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro is Professor at the Geography Department of SUNY New Paltz. His research includes critical physical geography, dialectical and historical materialism, gender-environment processes, socialism and environment, socialist histories, and soil acidification and contamination. He is chief editor for the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism.

Reviews for Socialist States and the Environment: Lessons for Eco-Socialist Futures

'A fascinating account. For too long we have tended to demonise socialist states, this book shows that to overcome the climate crisis, there are positive lessons to be learnt, from Lenin's promotion of conservation to Cuba's achievements in promoting ecological policymaking' -- Derek Wall is a former International Coordinator of the Green Party of England and Wales and teaches economics at Goldsmiths, University of London 'Many people have realised that ecological sustainability cannot be achieved under capitalism. But how about (eco-) socialism? For everyone who is interested in a sustainable future and a new society without oppression, I strongly recommend this book' -- Minqi Li, Professor of Economics, University of Utah and author of 'China and the 21st Century Crisis' (Pluto, 2015)