Neoliberal Environments: False Promises and Unnatural Consequences - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0415771498 ISBN 13: 9780415771498

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2007

Riassunto

This volume explores the nexus between nature, markets, deregulation and valuation, using theoretically sharp and empirically rich real-world case studies and analyses of actually existing policy from around the world and across a range of resources. In short, it answers the questions: does neoliberalizing nature work and what work does it do? More specifically, this volume provides answers to a series of urgent questions about the effects of neoliberal policies on environmental governance and quality. What are the implications of privatizing public water utilities in terms of equity in service provision, resource conservation and water quality? Do free trade agreements erode the sovereignty of nations and citizens to regulate environmental pollution, and is this power being transferred to corporations? What does the evidence show about the relationship between that marketization and privatization of nature and conservation objectives?

Neoliberal Environments productively engages with all of these questions and more. At the same time, the diverse case studies collectively and decisively challenge the orthodoxies of neoliberal reforms, documenting that the results of such reforms have fallen far short of their ambitions.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Nik Heynen is Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Georgia.

James McCarthy is Associate Professor of Geography at Penn State University.

Scott Prudham is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and the Centre for Environment at the University of Toronto.

Paul Robbins is Professor of Geography at the University of Arizona.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0415771498
• ISBN 13: 9780415771498
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 312
• Redattore: Heynen Nik
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania