A new edition of a book that takes a comprehensive look at the ways
economic processes affect global environmental outcomes.
This comprehensive and accessible book fills the need for a political
economy view of global environmental politics, focusing on the ways
international economic processes affect environmental outcomes. It
examines the main actors and forces shaping global environmental
management, particularly in the developing world. Moving beyond the
usual emphasis on international agreements and institutions, it strives
to capture not only academic theoretical debates but also views on
politics, economics, and the environment within the halls of global
conferences, on the streets during antiglobalization protests, and in
the boardrooms of international agencies, nongovernmental organizations,
and industry associations. The book maps out an original typology of
four contrasting worldviews of environmental change--those of market
liberals, institutionalists, bioenvironmentalists, and social
greens--and uses them as a framework to examine the links between the
global political economy and ecological change. This typology provides a
common language for students, instructors, and scholars to discuss the
issues across the classical social science divisions.The second edition
of this popular text has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect
recent events, including the food crisis of 2007-2008, the financial
meltdown of 2008, and the Copenhagen Climate Conference of 2009. Topics
covered include the environmental implications of globalization; wealth,
poverty, and consumption; global trade; transnational corporations; and
multilateral and private finance.
