Protecting the Global Environment

Name: Protecting the Global Environment
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ISBN: 9781594516757

ISBN-10: 1594516758

ISBN-13: 9781594516757

Edition: 2011

Authors: Gary C. Bryner

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Borne of an amalgam of social science, fieldwork, and a passionate commitment to justice, this book brings debates about climate change to a new level, compelling readers and researchers to rethink the reasons for reversing global environmental trends. The book lays out three inspirations for improving environmental prospects: effective markets, sustainable development, and environmental justice for the most vulnerable. It also projects three possible scenarios flowing from the success or failure of these inspirations â€one bleak, one breakthrough, and one of status quo. Gary Bryner is not sanguine about humanity "s ability to make the right choices, but this does not deter him from asking…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers
Publication date: 8/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction: Protecting the Global Environment



Global Environmental Trends



Understanding Global Environmental Politics: Theories of International Relations and Political Science



Capitalism and the Challenge of Making Markets Work



Sustainable Development



Justice and Fairness in Global Environmental Politics



Toward a Sustainable World


Notes


References


Additional Reading


Index


About the Author