Globalization and the environment

The Resource Globalization and the environment
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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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Cataloging source
DLC
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

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