Globalization and the Environment / / edited by Andrew Jorgenson, Edward Kick |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | vi, 353 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 333.7 |
Collana | Studies in Critical Social Sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Environmental aspects
Environmental policy - Economic aspects International economic relations - Environmental aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-39923-X
9786611399238 90-474-0961-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Globalization and the Environment: An Introduction, Andrew K. Jorgenson And Edward L. Kick -- 2. The Ecology and the Economy: What is Rational?, Immanuel Wallerstein -- 3. Cornucopia or Zero-Sum Game? The Epistemology of Sustainability, Alf Hornborg -- 4. A Quantitative, Cross-National Study of Deforestation in the Late 20th Century: A Case of Recursive Exploitation, Thomas J. Burns, Edward L. Kick and Byron L. Davis -- 5. Foreign Investment Dependence and the Environment: A Global Perspective, Jeffrey Kentor and Peter Grimes -- 6. Social Roots of Global Environmental Change: A World-Systems Analysis of Carbon Dioxide Emissions, J. Timmons Roberts, Peter Grimes and Jodie Manale -- 7. Emissions of Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxides in the Modern World-System, Richard York And Eugene A. Rosa -- 8. The Flow of Hazardous Exports in the World-System: The Case of the Maquiladora Centers of Northern Mexico, R. Scott Frey -- 9. Large Dams as Development: Re-structuring Natural Resources in Lesotho, Yvonne Braun -- 10. The Shifting Nature(s) of "Development": Growth, Crisis, and Recovery in Indonesia's Forests, Paul K. ellert -- 11. Matter, Space, Energy and Political Economy: The Amazon in the World System, Stephen G. Bunker -- 12. Integrating Resource Consumption into Macrosociological Analyses of Global Social Change and Environmental Degradation, Andrew K. Jorgenson, James Rice, Jessica Crowe and Julie Rice -- 13. Ecological Degradation and the Evolution of World-Systems, Christopher Chase-Dunn And Thomas Hall -- 14. Ecological Crisis Phases, Globalization, and World-System Evolution, Sing Chew -- References -- About the Authors -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450868403321 |
Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Globalization and the Environment / / edited by Andrew Jorgenson, Edward Kick |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | vi, 353 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 333.7 |
Collana | Studies in Critical Social Sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Environmental aspects
Environmental policy - Economic aspects International economic relations - Environmental aspects |
ISBN |
1-281-39923-X
9786611399238 90-474-0961-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Globalization and the Environment: An Introduction, Andrew K. Jorgenson And Edward L. Kick -- 2. The Ecology and the Economy: What is Rational?, Immanuel Wallerstein -- 3. Cornucopia or Zero-Sum Game? The Epistemology of Sustainability, Alf Hornborg -- 4. A Quantitative, Cross-National Study of Deforestation in the Late 20th Century: A Case of Recursive Exploitation, Thomas J. Burns, Edward L. Kick and Byron L. Davis -- 5. Foreign Investment Dependence and the Environment: A Global Perspective, Jeffrey Kentor and Peter Grimes -- 6. Social Roots of Global Environmental Change: A World-Systems Analysis of Carbon Dioxide Emissions, J. Timmons Roberts, Peter Grimes and Jodie Manale -- 7. Emissions of Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxides in the Modern World-System, Richard York And Eugene A. Rosa -- 8. The Flow of Hazardous Exports in the World-System: The Case of the Maquiladora Centers of Northern Mexico, R. Scott Frey -- 9. Large Dams as Development: Re-structuring Natural Resources in Lesotho, Yvonne Braun -- 10. The Shifting Nature(s) of "Development": Growth, Crisis, and Recovery in Indonesia's Forests, Paul K. ellert -- 11. Matter, Space, Energy and Political Economy: The Amazon in the World System, Stephen G. Bunker -- 12. Integrating Resource Consumption into Macrosociological Analyses of Global Social Change and Environmental Degradation, Andrew K. Jorgenson, James Rice, Jessica Crowe and Julie Rice -- 13. Ecological Degradation and the Evolution of World-Systems, Christopher Chase-Dunn And Thomas Hall -- 14. Ecological Crisis Phases, Globalization, and World-System Evolution, Sing Chew -- References -- About the Authors -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777034903321 |
Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Globalization and the environment / / edited by Andrew Jorgenson and Edward Kick |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | vi, 353 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 333.7 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
JorgensonAndrew
KickEdward L (Edward Lee) |
Collana | Studies in critical social sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Environmental aspects
International economic relations - Environmental aspects Environmental policy - Economic aspects |
ISBN |
1-281-39923-X
9786611399238 90-474-0961-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Globalization and the Environment: An Introduction, Andrew K. Jorgenson And Edward L. Kick -- 2. The Ecology and the Economy: What is Rational?, Immanuel Wallerstein -- 3. Cornucopia or Zero-Sum Game? The Epistemology of Sustainability, Alf Hornborg -- 4. A Quantitative, Cross-National Study of Deforestation in the Late 20th Century: A Case of Recursive Exploitation, Thomas J. Burns, Edward L. Kick and Byron L. Davis -- 5. Foreign Investment Dependence and the Environment: A Global Perspective, Jeffrey Kentor and Peter Grimes -- 6. Social Roots of Global Environmental Change: A World-Systems Analysis of Carbon Dioxide Emissions, J. Timmons Roberts, Peter Grimes and Jodie Manale -- 7. Emissions of Sulfur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxides in the Modern World-System, Richard York And Eugene A. Rosa -- 8. The Flow of Hazardous Exports in the World-System: The Case of the Maquiladora Centers of Northern Mexico, R. Scott Frey -- 9. Large Dams as Development: Re-structuring Natural Resources in Lesotho, Yvonne Braun -- 10. The Shifting Nature(s) of "Development": Growth, Crisis, and Recovery in Indonesia's Forests, Paul K. ellert -- 11. Matter, Space, Energy and Political Economy: The Amazon in the World System, Stephen G. Bunker -- 12. Integrating Resource Consumption into Macrosociological Analyses of Global Social Change and Environmental Degradation, Andrew K. Jorgenson, James Rice, Jessica Crowe and Julie Rice -- 13. Ecological Degradation and the Evolution of World-Systems, Christopher Chase-Dunn And Thomas Hall -- 14. Ecological Crisis Phases, Globalization, and World-System Evolution, Sing Chew -- References -- About the Authors -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828503003321 |
Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Life rules : nature's blueprint for surviving economic and environmental collapse / / Ellen LaConte |
Autore | LaConte Ellen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Gabriola Island, British Columbia : , : New Society Publishers, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.905 |
Soggetto topico |
Ecology - Economic aspects
Globalization - Economic aspects Globalization - Environmental aspects Environmental degradation - Economic aspects Environmental economics Financial crises - Environmental aspects International economic relations - Environmental aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-55092-521-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Part I : The real threat to life as we know it. Chapter 1 : Diagnosing a critical condition; Chapter 2 Symptoms of critical mass- making the connections; Chapter 3 Discovering the common cause; Chapter 4 : What's wrong with a global economy?: Chapter 5 : How did the economy get to be too big not to fail?; Chapter 6 : The prognosis for global solutions is poor --
Part II : How life deals with critical mass. Chapter 7 : Life's steep economic learning curve; Chapter 8 : Life is earthonomical, naturally; Chapter 9 : Life's earthonomical communities- prototypes for deep green; Chapter 10 : Life is organically democratic -- Part III : Deep green methods for surviving the global economy. Chapter 11 : Mimicking life's economics- improving the odds and our lives; Chapter 12 : Mimicking life's politics- organically democratic principles and practices; Chapter 13 : Setting a good example; Chapter 14 : How to become deeply green; Chapeter 15 : Precedents for success; Chapter 16 : Dreaming deep green, imagining the ecozoic. |
Altri titoli varianti | Nature's blueprint for surviving economic and environmental collapse |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462655803321 |
LaConte Ellen | ||
Gabriola Island, British Columbia : , : New Society Publishers, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Life rules : nature's blueprint for surviving economic and environmental collapse / / Ellen LaConte |
Autore | LaConte Ellen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Gabriola Island, British Columbia : , : New Society Publishers, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.905 |
Soggetto topico |
Ecology - Economic aspects
Globalization - Economic aspects Globalization - Environmental aspects Environmental degradation - Economic aspects Environmental economics Financial crises - Environmental aspects International economic relations - Environmental aspects |
ISBN | 1-55092-521-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Part I : The real threat to life as we know it. Chapter 1 : Diagnosing a critical condition; Chapter 2 Symptoms of critical mass- making the connections; Chapter 3 Discovering the common cause; Chapter 4 : What's wrong with a global economy?: Chapter 5 : How did the economy get to be too big not to fail?; Chapter 6 : The prognosis for global solutions is poor --
Part II : How life deals with critical mass. Chapter 7 : Life's steep economic learning curve; Chapter 8 : Life is earthonomical, naturally; Chapter 9 : Life's earthonomical communities- prototypes for deep green; Chapter 10 : Life is organically democratic -- Part III : Deep green methods for surviving the global economy. Chapter 11 : Mimicking life's economics- improving the odds and our lives; Chapter 12 : Mimicking life's politics- organically democratic principles and practices; Chapter 13 : Setting a good example; Chapter 14 : How to become deeply green; Chapeter 15 : Precedents for success; Chapter 16 : Dreaming deep green, imagining the ecozoic. |
Altri titoli varianti | Nature's blueprint for surviving economic and environmental collapse |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785504803321 |
LaConte Ellen | ||
Gabriola Island, British Columbia : , : New Society Publishers, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Life rules : nature's blueprint for surviving economic and environmental collapse / / Ellen LaConte |
Autore | LaConte Ellen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Gabriola Island, British Columbia : , : New Society Publishers, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.905 |
Soggetto topico |
Ecology - Economic aspects
Globalization - Economic aspects Globalization - Environmental aspects Environmental degradation - Economic aspects Environmental economics Financial crises - Environmental aspects International economic relations - Environmental aspects |
ISBN | 1-55092-521-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Part I : The real threat to life as we know it. Chapter 1 : Diagnosing a critical condition; Chapter 2 Symptoms of critical mass- making the connections; Chapter 3 Discovering the common cause; Chapter 4 : What's wrong with a global economy?: Chapter 5 : How did the economy get to be too big not to fail?; Chapter 6 : The prognosis for global solutions is poor --
Part II : How life deals with critical mass. Chapter 7 : Life's steep economic learning curve; Chapter 8 : Life is earthonomical, naturally; Chapter 9 : Life's earthonomical communities- prototypes for deep green; Chapter 10 : Life is organically democratic -- Part III : Deep green methods for surviving the global economy. Chapter 11 : Mimicking life's economics- improving the odds and our lives; Chapter 12 : Mimicking life's politics- organically democratic principles and practices; Chapter 13 : Setting a good example; Chapter 14 : How to become deeply green; Chapeter 15 : Precedents for success; Chapter 16 : Dreaming deep green, imagining the ecozoic. |
Altri titoli varianti | Nature's blueprint for surviving economic and environmental collapse |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816878303321 |
LaConte Ellen | ||
Gabriola Island, British Columbia : , : New Society Publishers, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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