Globalization and the Environment - Hardcover

Peter Christoff; Robyn Eckersley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0742556581 ISBN 13: 9780742556584

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK), 2013

Synopsis

This book by two leading scholars offers the first systematic analysis of the relationship between globalization and the environment from the early Modern period to the present. Peter Christoff and Robyn Eckersley develop a broad conceptual framework for understanding the globalization of environmental problems and the highly uneven, often faltering, international political response. The authors develop linkages between economic globalization and environmental degradation and explore a range of key global environmental problems—focusing on the two most challenging of all: climate change and biodiversity loss. Finally, they critically explore the challenges of environmental governance in a world defined by global capitalism and sovereign states. Providing a normative framework for evaluating global environmental governance, they suggest alternative institutional and policy responses. Through a rich set of case studies, this powerful book will help readers grasp the systemic causes of global environmental degradation as well as the myriad opportunities for reform of global environmental governance.

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About the Author

Peter Christoff teaches environmental and climate policy in the Department of Resource Management and Geography at the University of Melbourne. Robyn Eckersley teaches global environmental politics and international relations in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK)
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742556581
• ISBN 13: 9780742556584
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 268