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Paths to a Green World : The Political Economy of the Global Environment by Jennifer Clapp, Peter Dauvergne is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This comprehensive and accessible text fills the need for a political economy view of global environmental politics, focusing on the ways key economic processes affect environmental outcomes. It examines the main actors and forces shaping global environmental management, particularly in the developing world. Moving beyond the usual academic emphasis on international agreements and institutions, it strives to integrate debates within the real world of global policy and the academic world of theory. The book maps out an original typology of four contrasting worldviews of environmental change—those of market liberals, institutionalists, bioenvironmentalists, and social greens—and uses these as a framework to examine the links between the global political economy and ecological change. This typology not only helps students understand and participate in debates about these worldviews but also provides a common language for students and instructors to discuss the issues across the social sciences. The book covers globalization and its consequences for the environment; the evolution of global discourse and global environmental governance; wealth, poverty, and consumption; the impact on th

Who reads Paths to a Green World : The Political Economy of the Global Environment?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Jennifer Clapp, Peter Dauvergne
Publisher
The MIT Press
Published
2005
Language
EN
ISBN
9780262270403
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Science, Economics, Political Science

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