Sustainable Development (Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts) - Softcover

Baker, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415522927 ISBN 13: 9780415522922

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

This concise and accessible text explores how the international community is responding to the challenge of sustainable development It also investigates the prospect for and barriers to the promotion of sustainable development in the high consumption societies of the industrialised world including the USA and the EU the Third World and the economies of transition in East and Central Europe The book considers the global impact of China s industrial boom as well as how Chinese investments are shaping the prospects for sustainable development on the African continent This global coverage is balanced by investigating how local action ranging from the transition towns movement in the UK to the Green Belt movement in Kenya can contribute to the pursuit of sustainable development

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Review:

"The second edition brings scholarly and pedagogic clarity to the complex and contested problematique of sustainable development. Baker offers a analysis of the origins, dynamics, actors, governance dimensions, policy implications and theoretical debates around this concept which as she points out is and will continue to shape local and global politics in the 21st-century. It is written in an accessible and student-friendly style, in three parts covering theoretical/conceptual aspects of sustainable development; multi-level governance, including the international politics of sustainable development; and finally the promotion of sustainable development in the EU, eastern Europe and the global south. Baker's Sustainable Development will be the benchmark textbook on undergraduate courses for many years to come".

Professor John Barry, School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast 

For those seeking a clear, comprehensive and accessible introduction to sustainable development, look no further. Susan Baker’s second edition of Sustainable Development covers all the important topics and debates from a truly global perspective. It should be essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the greatest challenge of our time.

Professor Robyn Eckersley, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia

In this systematic, easy-to-read and comprehensive book, Susan Baker scrutinizes the concept of sustainable development and its implementation around the world across different economic sectors. The second edition of this popular book provides both students and researchers with in-depth insights into the multi-level challenges involved.

Professor Katarina Eckerberg, Department of Political Science, Umeå University, Sweden

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0415522927
• ISBN 13: 9780415522922
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 470