Globalization and the Environment : Capitalism, Ecology and Power
ISBN: 9780745647234 | 0745647235
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Polity
Pub. Date: 10/9/2012
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Globalization and the Environment critically explores the actors, politics and processes that govern the relationship between globalization and the environment. Taking key aspects of globalisation in turn; trade, production and finance, the book highlights the relations of power at work that determine whether globalization is managed in a sustainable way and on whose behalf. Each chapter looks in turn at the political ecology of these central pillars of the global economy, reviewing evidence of its impact on diverse ecologies and societies; its... MORE
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Tables and Boxes
- 1. Capitalism, Ecology & Power
- 2. The Political Ecology of Globalization
- 3. The Political Economy of Global Environmental Governance
- 4: Global Trade and the Environment
- 5. Global Production and the Environment
- 6. Global Finance and the Environment
- 7. Conclusions: Ecologising Globalization / Globalising Ecology
- Notes
- References
- Index
Peter Newell is professor of international relations at the University of Sussex and director of the Centre for Global Political Economy.
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