Globalization and the Environment

Globalization and the Environment
ISBN-10
1442221496
ISBN-13
9781442221499
Series
Globalization and the Environment
Category
Political Science
Pages
268
Language
English
Published
2013-08-08
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Authors
Robyn Eckersley, Peter Christoff

Description

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, 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.

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