LUKE, Timothy W. <br/><br/>
A green new deal :  why green, how new, and what is the deal? 

 - Oxon :  Routledge,  April 2009 
<br/><br/> For nearly two decades, a few thinkers and movements, which are regarded as being 'progressive', or even on the traditional 'left-wing', in the US, have gravitated toward visions of an 'eco-socialism' and/or 'green statism' in their policy thinking. In fact, some groups accept these ideological formulae as action programs for answering the serious policy challenges of many contemporary environmental crises first identified during the 1950s and 1960s. Since the neoliberal 1990s, many more voices also have been touting the merits of a 'green' or 'natural' capitalism. The 2000s have seen quite a few politicians and environmentalists casting it as a one size-fits-all panacea for 'breaking through' an older dead environmentalism to develop workable policy solutions for today's environmental crisis. These voices frequently ask policy-makers to revisit the New Deal years in the US for the inspiration to launch a Green New Deal during the twenty-first century. How can we explain this 'green' turn, and what are the limits and possibilities for the policy responses implied by working towards a Green New Deal in the current political context?