Shadows of Consumption Consequences for the Global Environment

Name: Shadows of Consumption Consequences for the Global Environment
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ISBN: 9780262514927

ISBN-10: 0262514923

ISBN-13: 9780262514927

Edition: 2010

Authors: Peter Dauvergne

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/24/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Peter Dauvergne is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Liu Institute for GlobalIssues at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of the award-winning TheShadows of Consumption: Consequences for the Global Environment (MIT Press) and otherbooks.



Abbreviations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Ecological Shadows of Rising Consumption



An Unbalanced Global Political Economy



Dying of Consumption



Automobiles



Accidental Dependency? The Road to an Auto World



A Better Ride: Selling Safe and Clean



The Road Tolls



The Globalization of Accidents and Emissions



Leaded Gasoline



Leaded Science: Pumping Out Profits and Risks



Lead Must Go



Taking the Lead Out of Africa



The Globalization of Risk



Refrigerators



Refrigerating the Ozone Layer



Phasing Out CFC Refrigerators



Selling the ï¿½Superiorï¿½ Refrigerator



The Globalization of Plugging In



Beef



The Efficient Steer: Fast, Fat, and Cheap



The Ecology of Big Beef



Sustainable Beef? Chasing a Stampede of ï¿½Regularï¿½ Steers



The Globalization of More Meat



The Harp Seal Hunt



To the Red Ice: Heroes and Overharvesting



The Brutes! Killing Markets with Activism



Hunting Beaters for Globalizing Markets



The Globalization of Slippery Markets


Conclusion: Transforming Global Consumption



The Illusions of Environmentalism



A Brighter World Order of Balanced Consumption


Notes


References


Index