Globalization and the Environment
Capitalism, Ecology and Power
1. Auflage August 2012
224 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Globalization and the Environment critically explores the
actors, politics and processes that govern the relationship between
globalization and the environment. Taking key aspects of
globalisation in turn - trade, production and finance - the book
highlights the relations of power at work that determine whether
globalization is managed in a sustainable way and on whose behalf.
Each chapter looks in turn at the political ecology of these
central pillars of the global economy, reviewing evidence of its
impact on diverse ecologies and societies, its governance - the
political structures, institutions and policy making processes in
place to manage this relationship - and finally efforts to contest
and challenge these prevailing approaches.
The book makes sense of the relationship between globalisation and
the environment using a range of theoretical tools from different
disciplines. This helps to place the debate about the compatibility
between globalisation and sustainability in an explicitly political
and historical context in which it is possible to appreciate the
'nature' of interests and power relations that
privilege some ways of responding to environmental problems over
others in a context of globalisation.
Acknowledgements viii
Abbreviations x
Tables and Boxes xiii
1 Globalization and the Environment: Capitalism, Ecology and Power 1
2 The Political Ecology of Globalization 17
3 The Political Economy of Global Environmental Governance: Power(in) Globalization 34
4 Global Trade and the Environment: Whose Rules Rule? 60
5 Global Production and the Environment: Racing to the Top, Bottom or Middle? 88
6 Global Finance and the Environment: Gambling on Green 114
7 Conclusions: Ecologizing Globalization/Globalizing Ecology 145
References 160
Index 186
relationships between globalization and pervasive environmental and
social destruction.'
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"In this important book, Peter Newell shows that the relationship
between economic globalization and environmental consequences is
fundamentally political. Newell shows how, and for whom, the
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Ken Conca, American University
"In Globalization and the Environment, Peter Newell
provides a much-needed critical analysis of the power that lies at
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an in-depth examination of the governance of global economic
relationships, the book masterfully uncovers the complex dynamics
between different actors and environmental outcomes."
Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo
"Long-awaited and worth the wait, this book presents
Peter Newell's compelling analysis of the power relations
that connect globalization, governance and ecology. Newell shows
that there is no alternative but to move these relations away from
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Jan Aart Scholte, University of Warwick
"A well-argued, extensively researched exploration of the
relationships between globalization and pervasive environmental and
social destruction."
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