Introduction: Four decades of global environmental politics / Ken Conca and Geoffrey D. Dabelko -- Pt. 1. The debate at Stockholm. The limits to growth / Donella H. Meadows ... [et al.] ; Environment and development : the case of the developing countries / Joāo Augusto de Araujo Castro ; The tragedy of the commons / Garrett Hardin ; No tragedy on the commons / Susan J. Buck -- Pt. 2. Ecology and the structure of the international system. Rethinking the ecology-sovereignty debate / Ken Conca ; Environment and globalization : five propositions / Adil Najam, David Runnals, and Mark Halle ; Fight for the forest / Chico Mendes, with Tony Gross ; Kenya's green militant : an interview with Wangari Muta Maathai / Ethirajan Anbarasan ; globalization, global alliances, and the Narmada movement / Smitu Kothari -- Pt. 3. Institutions of global environmental governance. Governance with multilateral environmental agreements ; a healthy or ill-equipped fragmentation? / Norichika Kanie ; Moving forward to blooking back : learning from UNEP's history / Maria Ivanova ; A participatory approach to strategic planning / Richard E. Bissell ; The evolution of the trade and environment debate at the WTO / Hugo Cameron ; Has foreign aid been greened? / J. Timmons Roberts ... [et al.] ; Report and findings on the Qinghai project : executive summary / World Bank Inspection Panel -- Pt. 4. The sustainability debate. Towards sustainable development / World Commission on Environment and Development ; Whose common future? / Larry Lohmann ; Sustainable development : a critical review / Sharachchandra M. Lélé ; Expanding the capital stock / Ismail Serageldin and Andrew Steer ; Shifting the pain : world's resources feed California's growing appetite / Tom Knudson -- Pt. 5. From ecological conflict to environmental security? Demography, environment, and civil strife / Colin H. Kahl ; Sudan : conflict and the environment / United Nations Environment Programme ; The case against linking environmental degradation and national security / Daniel Deudney ; The violence of development / Balakrishnan Rajagopal ; An uncommon peace : environment, development, and the global security agenda / Geoffrey D. Dabelko -- Pt. 6. Ecological justice. Two agendas on Amazon development / Coordinating Body for the Indigenous Peoples' Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) ; A voice for the forest and its people / Silas Kpanan'Ayoung Siakor ; Coercing conservation / Nancy Lee Peluso ; The relationship between climate change and human rights / Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Summary:
A collection of writings that examines global environmental politics from various perspectives, discussing sustainability, environmental security, ecological justice, and other problems that influence international debates on climate, water, forests, toxins, energy, food, biodiversity, and other environmental challenges.
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