Jean Philippe Sapinski
Biographic Data
| ID | 3760416 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jean Philippe Sapinski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jean Philippe |
| FAMILY NAME | Sapinski |
| SIGNATURE | SAPINSKI J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Moncton |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Key factors for revitalising heritage buildings through adaptive reuse
This study investigates the preservation through adaptive reuse of derelict heritage buildings at risk of demolition in urban settings in New Brunswick, Canada. Despite the demonstrated benefits of adaptive reuse in balancing heritage preservation and contemporary urban needs, small cities face significant challenges: financial constraints, regulatory barriers and technical limitations. Using a multiple-case study approach, adaptive reuse project…
Profit-seeking solar geoengineering exemplifies broader risks of market-based climate governance
Despite uncertainties about its feasibility and desirability, start-up companies seeking to profit from solar geoengineering have begun to emerge. One company is releasing balloons filled with sulfur dioxide to sell “cooling credits”, claiming that the cooling achieved when 1 g of SO 2 is released is equivalent to offsetting one ton of carbon dioxide for one year. Another aspires to deliver returns to investors from the development of a proprieta…
Decarbonization, hegemonic projects, and the green growth policy-planning network: The case of Québec
The corporation and the land
There seems to be plenty of agreement that environmental sociologists ought to consider corporations in their work. Yet, in this chapter, I ask, is the corporation, as a social institution, really a core element of environmental sociological analysis? I argue that the corporation is seldom addressed, in itself, as an overwhelming influence. To remedy this, I draw from environmental sociology and economic sociology to outline the corporation as th…
The transition to net zero energy (NZE) housing: An integrated approach to market, state, and other barriers
To limit global warming, transitions in all sectors of activity to achieve major reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are imperative. Highly efficient net zero energy (NZE) homes that produce their own electricity from renewable sources are proposed as a solution to reduce energy use and GHG emissions from the residential sector. While the technological and economic feasibility of NZE building in cold climates has been demonstrated, its u…
Whose climate intervention? Solar geoengineering, fractions of capital, and hegemonic strategy
Proposals for slowing climate change by reflecting sunlight back to space, known as solar geoengineering (SG), are gaining traction in climate policy. Given SG's capacity to slow warming without reducing carbon emissions, prominent criticism suggests that it will enable fossil fueled business-as-usual. This assessment is not without merit, yet the primary funders of SG research do not emanate from fossil capital. We analyze sources of funding for…
Corporate Climate Policy-planning in the Global Polity: A Network Analysis
Alongside the climate change denial movement, a section of the capitalist class has been organizing to promote a project of 'climate capitalism' that relies on carbon markets and other policies compatible with the neoliberal order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Like the denial movement, promoters of climate capitalism have constructed an extensive network of think tanks and policy-planning groups to foster adherence to their climate policy p…
Transnational Alternative Policy Groups in Global Civil Society: Enablers of Post-Capitalist Alternatives or Carriers of NGOization
Since the 1970s, transnational alternative policy groups (TAPGs) have generated visions and strategies pointing to alternatives to capitalist globalization. However, TAPGs are also embedded in networks of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and foundations, and may thus be subject to NGOization. This article examines two bodies of data relevant to this issue: (1) network data that highlight TAPGs' links to major sources of funds as well as key…
Constructing climate capitalism: Corporate Power and the Global Climate Policy-Planning Network
In this article, I analyse the corporate hegemonic structures of power underlying the project of climate capitalism. I present climate capitalism as an emerging regime of accumulation founded on carbon markets and the ecological modernization of production, which could replace the prevalent carboniferous capitalist regime and provide a deeply needed reduction of carbon emissions. I map out the network of corporate-funded climate and environmental…
Climate capitalism and the global corporate elite network
This article explores the political involvement of transnational corporations and their directors in elaborating the project of ‘climate capitalism’ advanced to address climate change. Climate capitalism seeks to redirect investments from fossil energy to renewable energy generation so as to foster an ecological modernization of production and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. I use social network analysis to assess the potential for climate…
Embedding Post-Capitalist Alternatives: The Global Network of Alternative Knowledge Production
Since the 1970s, transnational alternative policy groups (TAPGs) have emerged as a component of global civil society, generating visions and strategies for a "globalization from below" that point toward post-capitalist alternatives. Here, we map the global network ofTAPGs and kindred international groups in order to discern how TAPGs are embedded in a larger formation. In this era of capitalist globalization, do TAPGs, like their hegemonic counte…
The making of a transnational capitalist class: Corporate power in the twenty-first century
Throughout the world, there has been a growing wave of interest in global corporate power and the rise of a transnational capitalist class, triggered by economic and political transformations that have blurred national borders and disembedded corporate business from national domiciles. Using social network analysis, William Carroll maps the changing field of power generated by elite relations among the world’s largest corporations and related pol…
The Global Corporate Elite and the Transnational Policy-Planning Network, 1996-2006: A Structural Analysis
This article presents a network analysis of elite interlocks among the world's 500 largest corporations and a purposive sample of transnational policy-planning boards. The analysis compares the situation in 1996 with 2006 and reveals a process of transnational capitalist class formation that is regionally uneven. Network analysis points to a process of structural consolidation through which policy boards have become more integrative nodes, broker…
The Global Corporate Elite and the Transnational Policy-Planning Network, 1996-2006: A Structural Analysis
This article presents a network analysis of elite interlocks among the world's 500 largest corporations and a purposive sample of transnational policy-planning boards. The analysis compares the situation in 1996 with 2006 and reveals a process of transnational capitalist class formation that is regionally uneven. Network analysis points to a process of structural consolidation through which policy boards have become more integrative nodes, broker…
Climate capitalism and the global corporate elite network
This article explores the political involvement of transnational corporations and their directors in elaborating the project of ‘climate capitalism’ advanced to address climate change. Climate capitalism seeks to redirect investments from fossil energy to renewable energy generation so as to foster an ecological modernization of production and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. I use social network analysis to assess the potential for climate…
Decarbonization, hegemonic projects, and the green growth policy-planning network: The case of Québec
Transnational Alternative Policy Groups in Global Civil Society: Enablers of Post-Capitalist Alternatives or Carriers of NGOization
Since the 1970s, transnational alternative policy groups (TAPGs) have generated visions and strategies pointing to alternatives to capitalist globalization. However, TAPGs are also embedded in networks of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and foundations, and may thus be subject to NGOization. This article examines two bodies of data relevant to this issue: (1) network data that highlight TAPGs' links to major sources of funds as well as key…
Constructing climate capitalism: Corporate Power and the Global Climate Policy-Planning Network
In this article, I analyse the corporate hegemonic structures of power underlying the project of climate capitalism. I present climate capitalism as an emerging regime of accumulation founded on carbon markets and the ecological modernization of production, which could replace the prevalent carboniferous capitalist regime and provide a deeply needed reduction of carbon emissions. I map out the network of corporate-funded climate and environmental…
Embedding Post-Capitalist Alternatives: The Global Network of Alternative Knowledge Production
Since the 1970s, transnational alternative policy groups (TAPGs) have emerged as a component of global civil society, generating visions and strategies for a "globalization from below" that point toward post-capitalist alternatives. Here, we map the global network ofTAPGs and kindred international groups in order to discern how TAPGs are embedded in a larger formation. In this era of capitalist globalization, do TAPGs, like their hegemonic counte…
Whose climate intervention? Solar geoengineering, fractions of capital, and hegemonic strategy
Proposals for slowing climate change by reflecting sunlight back to space, known as solar geoengineering (SG), are gaining traction in climate policy. Given SG's capacity to slow warming without reducing carbon emissions, prominent criticism suggests that it will enable fossil fueled business-as-usual. This assessment is not without merit, yet the primary funders of SG research do not emanate from fossil capital. We analyze sources of funding for…
Corporate Climate Policy-planning in the Global Polity: A Network Analysis
Alongside the climate change denial movement, a section of the capitalist class has been organizing to promote a project of 'climate capitalism' that relies on carbon markets and other policies compatible with the neoliberal order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Like the denial movement, promoters of climate capitalism have constructed an extensive network of think tanks and policy-planning groups to foster adherence to their climate policy p…
The making of a transnational capitalist class: Corporate power in the twenty-first century
Throughout the world, there has been a growing wave of interest in global corporate power and the rise of a transnational capitalist class, triggered by economic and political transformations that have blurred national borders and disembedded corporate business from national domiciles. Using social network analysis, William Carroll maps the changing field of power generated by elite relations among the world’s largest corporations and related pol…
The Global Corporate Elite and the Transnational Policy-Planning Network, 1996-2006: A Structural Analysis
This article presents a network analysis of elite interlocks among the world's 500 largest corporations and a purposive sample of transnational policy-planning boards. The analysis compares the situation in 1996 with 2006 and reveals a process of transnational capitalist class formation that is regionally uneven. Network analysis points to a process of structural consolidation through which policy boards have become more integrative nodes, broker…
Embedding Post-Capitalist Alternatives: The Global Network of Alternative Knowledge Production
Since the 1970s, transnational alternative policy groups (TAPGs) have emerged as a component of global civil society, generating visions and strategies for a "globalization from below" that point toward post-capitalist alternatives. Here, we map the global network ofTAPGs and kindred international groups in order to discern how TAPGs are embedded in a larger formation. In this era of capitalist globalization, do TAPGs, like their hegemonic counte…
Climate capitalism and the global corporate elite network
This article explores the political involvement of transnational corporations and their directors in elaborating the project of ‘climate capitalism’ advanced to address climate change. Climate capitalism seeks to redirect investments from fossil energy to renewable energy generation so as to foster an ecological modernization of production and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. I use social network analysis to assess the potential for climate…
Constructing climate capitalism: Corporate Power and the Global Climate Policy-Planning Network
In this article, I analyse the corporate hegemonic structures of power underlying the project of climate capitalism. I present climate capitalism as an emerging regime of accumulation founded on carbon markets and the ecological modernization of production, which could replace the prevalent carboniferous capitalist regime and provide a deeply needed reduction of carbon emissions. I map out the network of corporate-funded climate and environmental…
Transnational Alternative Policy Groups in Global Civil Society: Enablers of Post-Capitalist Alternatives or Carriers of NGOization
Since the 1970s, transnational alternative policy groups (TAPGs) have generated visions and strategies pointing to alternatives to capitalist globalization. However, TAPGs are also embedded in networks of intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and foundations, and may thus be subject to NGOization. This article examines two bodies of data relevant to this issue: (1) network data that highlight TAPGs' links to major sources of funds as well as key…
Corporate Climate Policy-planning in the Global Polity: A Network Analysis
Alongside the climate change denial movement, a section of the capitalist class has been organizing to promote a project of 'climate capitalism' that relies on carbon markets and other policies compatible with the neoliberal order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Like the denial movement, promoters of climate capitalism have constructed an extensive network of think tanks and policy-planning groups to foster adherence to their climate policy p…
The transition to net zero energy (NZE) housing: An integrated approach to market, state, and other barriers
To limit global warming, transitions in all sectors of activity to achieve major reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are imperative. Highly efficient net zero energy (NZE) homes that produce their own electricity from renewable sources are proposed as a solution to reduce energy use and GHG emissions from the residential sector. While the technological and economic feasibility of NZE building in cold climates has been demonstrated, its u…
Whose climate intervention? Solar geoengineering, fractions of capital, and hegemonic strategy
Proposals for slowing climate change by reflecting sunlight back to space, known as solar geoengineering (SG), are gaining traction in climate policy. Given SG's capacity to slow warming without reducing carbon emissions, prominent criticism suggests that it will enable fossil fueled business-as-usual. This assessment is not without merit, yet the primary funders of SG research do not emanate from fossil capital. We analyze sources of funding for…
Decarbonization, hegemonic projects, and the green growth policy-planning network: The case of Québec
The corporation and the land
There seems to be plenty of agreement that environmental sociologists ought to consider corporations in their work. Yet, in this chapter, I ask, is the corporation, as a social institution, really a core element of environmental sociological analysis? I argue that the corporation is seldom addressed, in itself, as an overwhelming influence. To remedy this, I draw from environmental sociology and economic sociology to outline the corporation as th…
Key factors for revitalising heritage buildings through adaptive reuse
This study investigates the preservation through adaptive reuse of derelict heritage buildings at risk of demolition in urban settings in New Brunswick, Canada. Despite the demonstrated benefits of adaptive reuse in balancing heritage preservation and contemporary urban needs, small cities face significant challenges: financial constraints, regulatory barriers and technical limitations. Using a multiple-case study approach, adaptive reuse project…
Profit-seeking solar geoengineering exemplifies broader risks of market-based climate governance
Despite uncertainties about its feasibility and desirability, start-up companies seeking to profit from solar geoengineering have begun to emerge. One company is releasing balloons filled with sulfur dioxide to sell “cooling credits”, claiming that the cooling achieved when 1 g of SO 2 is released is equivalent to offsetting one ton of carbon dioxide for one year. Another aspires to deliver returns to investors from the development of a proprieta…
Economics (9 works) · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economic system (5 works) · Capitalism (4 works) · Climate change (4 works)