LEADER 04290nam 22006615 450 001 9910480521103321 005 20210724004053.0 010 $a1-4798-8597-5 024 7 $a10.18574/9781479885978 035 $a(CKB)3710000000493440 035 $a(EBL)4045252 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001569170 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16219541 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001569170 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14808645 035 $a(PQKB)11508444 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4045252 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001533268 035 $a(OCoLC)939273738 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse47585 035 $a(DE-B1597)548423 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781479885978 035 $a(OCoLC)926709422 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000493440 100 $a20200723h20152015 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|un|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInequality, Democracy, and the Environment /$fLiam Downey 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[2015] 210 4$d©2015 215 $a1 online resource (342 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-4798-5072-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. Popular Explanations of the Environmental Crisis --$t2. Inequality, Democracy, and Macro-Structural Environmental Sociology --$t3. The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Environment --$t4. Modern Agriculture and the Environment --$t5. Armed Violence, Natural Resources, and the Environment --$t6. Restricted Decision Making and U.S. Energy and Military Policy in the George W. Bush Administration --$t7. Environmental Degradation Reconsidered --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aWinner, American Sociological Association Section on Environment and Technology Allan Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication Award The world currently faces several severe social and environmental crises, including economic under-development, widespread poverty and hunger, lack of safe drinking water for one-sixth of the world?s population, deforestation, rapidly increasing levels of pollution and waste, dramatic declines in soil fertility and biodiversity, and global warming. Inequality, Democracy, and the Environment sheds light on the structural causes of these and other social and environmental crises, highlighting in particular the key role that elite-controlled organizations, institutions, and networks play in creating these crises. Liam Downey focuses on four topics?globalization, agriculture, mining, and U.S. energy and military policy?to show how organizational and institutional inequality and elite-controlled organizational networks produce environmental degradation and social harm. He focuses on key institutions like the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the U.S. Military and the World Trade Organization to show how specific policies are conceived and enacted in order to further elite goals. Ultimately, Downey lays out a path for environmental social scientists and environmentalists to better understand and help solve the world?s myriad social and environmental crises. Inequality, Democracy and the Environment presents a passionate exposé of the true role inequality, undemocratic institutions and organizational power play in harming people and the environment. 606 $aEnvironmental policy$xSocial aspects 606 $aEnvironmental policy$xDecision making 606 $aEnvironmental degradation$xSocial aspects 606 $aEnvironmental sociology 606 $aEnvironmental justice 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnvironmental policy$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aEnvironmental policy$xDecision making. 615 0$aEnvironmental degradation$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aEnvironmental sociology. 615 0$aEnvironmental justice. 676 $a304.2 700 $aDowney$b Liam$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01053175 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480521103321 996 $aInequality, Democracy, and the Environment$92484930 997 $aUNINA