Foreclosing the future : the World Bank and the politics of environmental destruction / / Bruce Rich |
Autore | Rich Bruce |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : Island Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.7/137 |
Soggetto topico |
Development banks - Political aspects
Environmental policy - Economic aspects Economic assistance - Environmental aspects Economic development projects - Environmental aspects |
ISBN |
1-61091-185-7
1-61091-228-4 |
Classificazione | POL044000POL011000POL033000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- 1. Tiger Talk -- 2. Present at the Creation -- 3. “I Can Change the Approval Culture to an Effectiveness Culture” -- 4. High Risk, High Reward -- 5. The Logic Was Textbook Perfect -- 6. Backwards into the Future -- 7. The Brief, Broken Presidency of Paul Wolfowitz -- 8. The Carbon Caravan -- 9. A Market Like No Other -- 10. Financializing Development -- 11. Dying for Growth -- 12. What Does It Take? -- Notes -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910437954303321 |
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Mortgaging the Earth : The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of Development / / by Bruce Rich |
Autore | Rich Bruce |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (394 p.) |
Disciplina | 332.1/532091724 |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable development
Environmental law Environmental policy Public international law Sustainable Development Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice Public International Law |
ISBN | 1-61091-515-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- 1. The Dwelling Place of the Angels -- 2. Decade of Debacles -- 3. Brave New World at Bretton Woods -- 4. The Faustian Paradox of Robert McNamara -- 5. Greens Lay Siege to the Crystal Palace -- 6. The Emperor’s New Clothes -- 7. The Castle of Contradictions -- 8. From Descartes to Chico Mendes: A Brief History of Modernity as Development -- 9. Who Shall Rule the World and How? -- 10. What on Earth Is to Be Done? -- Notes -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910437938403321 |
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Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2013 | ||
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To uphold the world [[electronic resource] ] : a call for a new global ethic from ancient India / / Bruce Rich |
Autore | Rich Bruce |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, : Beacon Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
Disciplina | 172/.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Globalization - Social aspects
International cooperation Social ethics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8070-9553-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456838503321 |
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Boston, : Beacon Press, c2010 | ||
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To uphold the world [[electronic resource] ] : a call for a new global ethic from ancient India / / Bruce Rich |
Autore | Rich Bruce |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, : Beacon Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
Disciplina | 172/.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Globalization - Social aspects
International cooperation Social ethics |
ISBN | 0-8070-9553-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Past present -- The age of transcendence -- The great dilemma -- The Arthasastra: wealth above all -- The gift of dirt -- The greatest conquest -- Ashoka's legacy: conundrum and challenge -- To uphold the world. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781184303321 |
Rich Bruce
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Boston, : Beacon Press, c2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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To uphold the world : a call for a new global ethic from ancient India / / Bruce Rich |
Autore | Rich Bruce |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, : Beacon Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
Disciplina | 172/.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Globalization - Social aspects
International cooperation Social ethics |
ISBN | 0-8070-9553-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Past present -- The age of transcendence -- The great dilemma -- The Arthasastra: wealth above all -- The gift of dirt -- The greatest conquest -- Ashoka's legacy: conundrum and challenge -- To uphold the world. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809041503321 |
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Boston, : Beacon Press, c2010 | ||
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