Environmental values in a globalising world : nature, justice and governance / / edited by Jouni Paavola and Ian Lowe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822919303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005
• ISBN: 1-134-28920-0; 1-280-10289-6; 0-203-31962-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Collana: Routledge/challenges of globalisation ; ; 3
• Classificazione: 43.30
• Altri autori (Persone): PaavolaJouni; LoweIan <1942->
• Disciplina: 333.72
• Soggetti: Environmental policy; Environmental ethics; Globalization
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Environmental Values in a Globalising World: Nature, justice and governance; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Preface and acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction; 1. Environmental values in a globalising world; Part II. Environmental values and the nation state; 2. Globalisation and the environment: endgame or a 'new renaissance'?; 3. Environmental values, nationalism, global citizenship and the common heritage of humanity; 4. The enchantments and disenchantments of nature: implications for consumption in a globalised world; 5. Relational resonance with nature: the confucian visionPart III. Globalisation, values and environmental politics; 6. Global liberalism, environmentalism and the changing boundaries of the political: karl polanyi's insights; 7. Reconceiving environmental justice: global movements and political theories; 8. Environmental values in a globalising world: the case of china; Part IV. Environmental governance and values; 9. Interdependence, pluralism and globalisation: implications for environmental governance; 10. The climate change regime: de jure and de facto commitment to ; sustainable development11. Diplomacy and governance for sustainability in a partially globalised world; 12. International environmental governance: the story so far; Part V. Conclusions; 13. Assuming 'responsibility for our rose'; 14. Environmental values in the globalising world: grounds for cautious optimism; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This multidisciplinary volume presents a refreshing new approach to environmental values in the global age. it investigates the challenges that globalization poses to traditional environmental values in general as well as in politics and international governance.Divided into five parts, the book investigates how environmental values could be reconceived in a globalizing world.Part I explores contemporary environmental values and their implications for a globalizing world.Part II examines the development of Western and Eastern environmental valuesPart III discusses contem