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The Resource Globalization and the environment, Peter Christoff and Robyn Eckersley

Globalization and the environment, Peter Christoff and Robyn Eckersley

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"This book by two leading scholars offers the first systematic analysis of the relationship between globalization and the environment from the early Modern period to the present. Peter Christoff and Robyn Eckersley develop a broad conceptual framework for understanding the globalization of environmental problems and the highly uneven, often faltering, international political response. The authors develop linkages between economic globalization and environmental degradation and explore a range of key global environmental problems -- focusing on the two most challenging of all: climate change and biodiversity loss. Finally, they critically explore the challenges of environmental governance in a world defined by global capitalism and sovereign states. Providing a normative framework for evaluating global environmental governance, they suggest alternative institutional and policy responses. Through a rich set of case studies, including a special focus on the challenging global problems of climate change and biodiversity loss, this powerful book will help readers grasp the systemic causes of global environmental degradation as well as the myriad opportunities for reform of global environmental governance"--Publisher's description
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xi, 256 pages
Contents
  • 1. A world fit for us all
  • Crisis? What crisis?
  • One planet, many globalizations
  • The global dimensions of environmental change
  • Our core propositions
  • 2. A short history of globalization and the environment
  • Introduction
  • Discovering limits
  • Remaking the planet - the long fuse of modernization
  • The short fuse - globalization in the 20th century
  • Consuming the planet
  • Trading off the planet
  • Conclusion - the return of limits
  • 3. An overheated planet
  • Introduction
  • The long history of global warming
  • Turning up the heat, sounding the alarm
  • Adjusting the thermostat? The struggle for climate governance
  • Conclusion - the future of climate governance
  • 4. Remaking nature : biodiversity in peril
  • The doomsday vault
  • The biodiversity crisis
  • The long fuse of modernization: ecological imperialism
  • Shortening the biodiversity fuse: the global phase of modernization
  • Why should we care
  • Governing biodiversity
  • 5. Governing the planet
  • The failures of global environmental governance
  • Reflexive modernization, reflexive globalization
  • Future challenges to a green world order
Isbn
9780742556591
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Globalization and the environment
Title
Globalization and the environment
Statement of responsibility
Peter Christoff and Robyn Eckersley
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"This book by two leading scholars offers the first systematic analysis of the relationship between globalization and the environment from the early Modern period to the present. Peter Christoff and Robyn Eckersley develop a broad conceptual framework for understanding the globalization of environmental problems and the highly uneven, often faltering, international political response. The authors develop linkages between economic globalization and environmental degradation and explore a range of key global environmental problems -- focusing on the two most challenging of all: climate change and biodiversity loss. Finally, they critically explore the challenges of environmental governance in a world defined by global capitalism and sovereign states. Providing a normative framework for evaluating global environmental governance, they suggest alternative institutional and policy responses. Through a rich set of case studies, including a special focus on the challenging global problems of climate change and biodiversity loss, this powerful book will help readers grasp the systemic causes of global environmental degradation as well as the myriad opportunities for reform of global environmental governance"--Publisher's description
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Christoff, Peter
Dewey number
363.7
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
GE149
LC item number
.C548 2013
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Globalization
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Global environmental change
  • Climatic changes
  • Environmental protection
  • Climatic changes
  • Environmental protection
  • Global environmental change
  • Umweltbelastung
  • Globalisierung
  • Klimatförändringar
  • Globalisering
Label
Globalization and the environment, Peter Christoff and Robyn Eckersley
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-244) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
1. A world fit for us all -- Crisis? What crisis? -- One planet, many globalizations -- The global dimensions of environmental change -- Our core propositions -- 2. A short history of globalization and the environment -- Introduction -- Discovering limits -- Remaking the planet - the long fuse of modernization -- The short fuse - globalization in the 20th century -- Consuming the planet -- Trading off the planet -- Conclusion - the return of limits -- 3. An overheated planet -- Introduction -- The long history of global warming -- Turning up the heat, sounding the alarm -- Adjusting the thermostat? The struggle for climate governance -- Conclusion - the future of climate governance -- 4. Remaking nature : biodiversity in peril -- The doomsday vault -- The biodiversity crisis -- The long fuse of modernization: ecological imperialism -- Shortening the biodiversity fuse: the global phase of modernization -- Why should we care -- Governing biodiversity -- 5. Governing the planet -- The failures of global environmental governance -- Reflexive modernization, reflexive globalization -- Future challenges to a green world order
Control code
ocn744295563
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xi, 256 pages
Isbn
9780742556591
Lccn
2013012112
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780742556591
  • (OCoLC)744295563
Label
Globalization and the environment, Peter Christoff and Robyn Eckersley
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-244) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
1. A world fit for us all -- Crisis? What crisis? -- One planet, many globalizations -- The global dimensions of environmental change -- Our core propositions -- 2. A short history of globalization and the environment -- Introduction -- Discovering limits -- Remaking the planet - the long fuse of modernization -- The short fuse - globalization in the 20th century -- Consuming the planet -- Trading off the planet -- Conclusion - the return of limits -- 3. An overheated planet -- Introduction -- The long history of global warming -- Turning up the heat, sounding the alarm -- Adjusting the thermostat? The struggle for climate governance -- Conclusion - the future of climate governance -- 4. Remaking nature : biodiversity in peril -- The doomsday vault -- The biodiversity crisis -- The long fuse of modernization: ecological imperialism -- Shortening the biodiversity fuse: the global phase of modernization -- Why should we care -- Governing biodiversity -- 5. Governing the planet -- The failures of global environmental governance -- Reflexive modernization, reflexive globalization -- Future challenges to a green world order
Control code
ocn744295563
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xi, 256 pages
Isbn
9780742556591
Lccn
2013012112
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780742556591
  • (OCoLC)744295563

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