Globalization and the Environment: 5 (Studies in Critical Social Sciences) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 900415132X ISBN 13: 9789004151321

Publisher: Brill, 2006

Synopsis

What is missing in the mounting literature on globalization is a focused theoretical foundation with parallel empirical examinations of global structures and their environmental consequences. The articles in this volume examine how the world-economy and related non-economic forms of global structuring impact the natural environment and the living conditions of human populations living across the globe. Environmental dynamics in areas as diverse as Ancient Egypt and the Modern Amazon are presented for readers who are new to the world-systems approach and for others interested in recent efforts to link environmental outcomes and antecedents to global processes.

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About the Author

Andrew K. Jorgenson, Ph.D. (2004) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Washington State University. His recent research on the environmental impacts of international trade and foreign investment as well as studies of the ecological footprints of nations have been published in journals including Social Forces and Social Problems.

Edward L. Kick is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at North Carolina State University. He has published articles on world-system structures and change in the modern era, as well as various papers that link world-system structure to national attributes such as economic development and the structure of organizations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 900415132X
• ISBN 13: 9789004151321
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 362