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Behind the public's hope of effective action by governments on environmental issues lies a complex terrain of conceptual confusion, conflicts of interest and philosophical dispute. This is why some of the world's leading environmental thinkers have come together in this volume to probe critically the new language being developed by environmental professionals.
They examine the contradictions inherent in the fashionable notion of sustainable development. They explore the emerging conflicts over the distribution of environmental risks between North and South. And they warn that 'global ecology' seen in a managerial perspective, may degenerate into an effor to redesign and manage Nature in order to keep economic growth going in the face of a rising tide of resource plunder and pollution.
This book seeks to launch a critical debate in order to clarify the issues involves and what might constitute appropriate action.
Table of Contents
Part 1: In the Wake of Rio
1. Global Economy and the Shadow of 'Development' - Wolfgang Sachs
2. Foxes in Charge of the Chickens - Nicholas Hildyard
3. Politics of the UNCED Process - Matthias Finger
4. The Landscape of Diplomatic Conflicts - Tariq Banuri
5. Winners and Losers in Climate Change - Klaus M. Meyer-Abich
Part 2: Confusion Over Sustainability
6. Making Development Sustainable - Paul Ekins
7. Scarcity and Sustainability - Hans Achterhuis
8. Competing Notions of Biodiversity - Christine von Weizsacker
9. The Shaky Ground of Sustainability - Donald Worster
Part 3: Against Environmental Management on a Global Scale
10. The Greening of the Global Reach - Vandana Shiva
11. Resisting Green Globalism - Larry Lohman
12. The Fallacy of Ecomessianism: Observations from Latin America - Eduardo Gudynas
13. 'Gaia': The Globalitarian Temptation
Part 4: Ecology from Below
14. Sacred Groves: Regenerating the Body, Land, the Community
15. Village Contradictions in Africa - Yash Tandon
16. No Nature Without Social justic: A Plea for Cultural and Ecological Pluralism in India - Smitu Kothar and Pramod Parajuli
17. Towards Green Villages - Anil Agarwal and Sunita Narain
Index
Product details
| Published | May 01 2020 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 272 |
| ISBN | 9781856491648 |
| Imprint | Zed Books |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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