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ISBN 10: 1118964136 ISBN 13: 9781118964132

Casa editrice: Blackwell Pub, 2016

Riassunto

The Globalization and Environment Reader features a collection of classic and cutting-edge readings that explore whether and how globalization can be made compatible with sustainable development.

• Offers a comprehensive collection of nearly 30 classic and cutting-edge readings spanning a broad range of perspectives within this increasingly important field
• Addresses the question of whether economic globalization is the prime cause of the destruction of the global environment – or if some forms of globalization could help to address global environmental problems
• Features carefully edited extracts selected both for their importance and their accessibility
• Covers a variety of topics such as the ‘marketization’ of nature, debates about managing and governing the relationship between globalization and the environment, and discussions about whether or not globalization should be ‘greened’
• Systematically captures the breadth and diversity of the field without assuming prior knowledge
• Offers a timely and necessary insight into the future of our fragile planet in the 21st century

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Recensione:

"Globalization won't just 'go away' but it just can't 'go on', either. To become literate enough to confront the environmental contradictions that follow from this disturbing reality means understanding all sides of a thorny discussion. Newell and Roberts provide an incredible resource to do just that."
Paul Robbins, Director, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
 
"The perfect primer to get the reader up to speed and then speeding ahead. An essential guide for scholars and policy-makers looking to confront the challenge of making our increasingly global world a green one."
Kevin P. Gallagher, Boston University
 
"This collection, expertly put together by the editors, provides an unrivalled introduction to the debate on how economic globalization is implicated in the global environmental crisis, and what we can do about it. It contains classic texts and recent publications that shed a critical light on this vitally important topic."
Robert Falkner, London School of Economics and Political Science
 
"This valuable and well-chosen selection of the most important texts covers the rich variety of viewpoints, insights, debates, arguments, and outlooks on how globalization affects and/or enhances environmental quality."
Arthur P.J. Mol, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
 
"The Globalization and Environment Reader offers a wealth of perspectives on the limits and possibilities of securing an increasingly uncertain future. This book showcases a strong line-up of scholars bringing global and green lenses to some of the most critical questions of our time."
Philip McMichael, Cornell University

L'autore:

PETER NEWELL is Professor of International Relations at the University of Sussex and member of the Centre for Global Political Economy and the STEPS sustainability Centre. He is associate editor of the journal Global Environmental Politics, and the author and co-author of eight books on topics relating to globalization and the environment.
J. Timmons Roberts is Ittleson Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology at Brown University, where he was Director of the Center for Environmental Studies. A Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, he has written eleven books on climate change and global environmental politics.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Blackwell Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1118964136
• ISBN 13: 9781118964132
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 454
• Redattore: Newell Peter, Roberts J. Timmons