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Paths to a Green World : The Political Economy of the Global Environment.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (379 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262295574
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 333.7
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Chapter 1. Peril or Prosperity? Mapping Worldviews of Global Environmental Change -- Four Environmental Worldviews -- Market Liberals -- Institutionalists -- Bioenvironmentalists -- Social Greens -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2. The Ecological Consequences of Globalization -- What Is Globalization? -- Globalization and the Global Environment -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. The Globalization of Environmentalism -- The Evolution of Global Discourse on Environment and Development -- Global Environmental Governance -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Economic Growth in a World of Wealth and Poverty -- Wealth and Poverty for Market Liberals and Institutionalists -- Critiques: Bioenvironmentalists and Social Greens -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Global Trade and the Environment -- Globalization and Trade -- Trade's Impact on the Environment: Three Schools of Thought -- The WTO and the Environment -- Regional Trade Agreements-Opportunity for Greener Models? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Global Investment and the Environment -- Globalization and Transnational Corporations -- Differential Standards: Pollution Havens, Industrial Flight, Double Standards? -- TNCs and Site Practices -- Greening or Greenwash? -- TNCs and Global Governance for Investment and the Environment -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7. Global Financing and the Environment -- Scope and Trends in International Finance -- Multilateral Lending: The World Bank and the IMF -- Multilateral Environmental Aid: The GEF and Climate Funds -- Bilateral Finance: Export Credit Agencies -- Private Finance and the Environment -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8. Paths to a Green World? Four Visions for a Healthy Global Environment -- Market Liberal Vision -- Institutionalist Vision -- Bioenvironmentalist Vision -- Social Green Vision -- Clashing Visions? -- Notes.
References -- Index.
Summary: A new edition of a book that takes a comprehensive look at the ways economic processes affect global environmental outcomes.
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Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Chapter 1. Peril or Prosperity? Mapping Worldviews of Global Environmental Change -- Four Environmental Worldviews -- Market Liberals -- Institutionalists -- Bioenvironmentalists -- Social Greens -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2. The Ecological Consequences of Globalization -- What Is Globalization? -- Globalization and the Global Environment -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. The Globalization of Environmentalism -- The Evolution of Global Discourse on Environment and Development -- Global Environmental Governance -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Economic Growth in a World of Wealth and Poverty -- Wealth and Poverty for Market Liberals and Institutionalists -- Critiques: Bioenvironmentalists and Social Greens -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Global Trade and the Environment -- Globalization and Trade -- Trade's Impact on the Environment: Three Schools of Thought -- The WTO and the Environment -- Regional Trade Agreements-Opportunity for Greener Models? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Global Investment and the Environment -- Globalization and Transnational Corporations -- Differential Standards: Pollution Havens, Industrial Flight, Double Standards? -- TNCs and Site Practices -- Greening or Greenwash? -- TNCs and Global Governance for Investment and the Environment -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7. Global Financing and the Environment -- Scope and Trends in International Finance -- Multilateral Lending: The World Bank and the IMF -- Multilateral Environmental Aid: The GEF and Climate Funds -- Bilateral Finance: Export Credit Agencies -- Private Finance and the Environment -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8. Paths to a Green World? Four Visions for a Healthy Global Environment -- Market Liberal Vision -- Institutionalist Vision -- Bioenvironmentalist Vision -- Social Green Vision -- Clashing Visions? -- Notes.

References -- Index.

A new edition of a book that takes a comprehensive look at the ways economic processes affect global environmental outcomes.

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