Globalization and the Environment - Capitalism, Ecology and Power - Capitalism, Ecology and Power

Informationen zum Autor Peter Newell is professor of international relations at the University of Sussex and director of the Centre for Global Political Economy. Klappentext Globalization and the Environment critically explores the actors, politics and processes that govern the relationship between globalization and the environment. The book highlights the relations of power at work that determine whether globalization is managed in a sustainable way and on whose behalf. Zusammenfassung Globalization and the Environment critically explores the actors! politics and processes that govern the relationship between globalization and the environment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface vi Acknowledgements viii Abbreviations x Tables and Boxes xiii 1 Globalization and the Environment: Capitalism, Ecology and Power 1 2 The Political Ecology of Globalization 17 3 The Political Economy of Global Environmental Governance: Power(in) Globalization 34 4 Global Trade and the Environment: Whose Rules Rule? 60 5 Global Production and the Environment: Racing to the Top, Bottom or Middle? 88 6 Global Finance and the Environment: Gambling on Green 114 7 Conclusions: Ecologizing Globalization/Globalizing Ecology 145 References 160 Index 186

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: P Newell, Pete Newell, Pete (University of Sussex Newell, Peter Newell, Peter (Peter John) Newell, Newell Pete, Newell Peter
• Edition: Polity Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 17.08.2012
• EAN: 9780745647227
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-4722-7
• Pages: 224
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Biologie > Ecologie; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Globalization, Climate Change, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, Applied ecology, Globalization, environment, sustainablity, political economy