The Political Economy Of Sustainable Development

Author : Timothy Cadman,Lauren Eastwood,Federico Lopez-Casero Michaelis,Tek Narayan Maraseni,,Jamie Pittock,Tapan Sarker
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-27
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 9781783474844

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The Political Economy of Sustainable Development by Timothy Cadman,Lauren Eastwood,Federico Lopez-Casero Michaelis,Tek Narayan Maraseni,,Jamie Pittock,Tapan Sarker Pdf

Since the Rio ‘Earth’ Summit of 1992, sustainable development has become the major policy response to tackling global environmental degradation, from climate change to loss of biodiversity and deforestation. Market instruments such as emissions trading, payments for ecosystem services and timber certification have become the main mechanisms for financing the sustainable management of the earth’s natural resources. Yet how effective are they – and do they help the planet and developing countries, or merely uphold the economic status quo? This book investigates these important questions. Providing a comprehensive analysis and the latest research on sustainable development, the authors compare the divergent approaches to emissions trading. Included is a detailed investigation into illegal logging and the effectiveness of policy responses, with an evaluation of different forest certification schemes. Biodiversity offsets and environmental payments are also explored. Integral to the book are interviews and opinions of the key stakeholders in the political economy of sustainable development. This uniquely comprehensive analysis of the governance quality of different sustainable development mechanisms, unprecedented in its panorama of comparative case studies, is essential reading for all those in the policy, academic and non-governmental communities.

Author : Fred P. Gale
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781785368011

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The Political Economy of Sustainability by Fred P. Gale Pdf

This theoretical and practical book builds on the knowledge that sustainability’s value pluralism cannot be reconciled with the value monism of classical, neoclassical, nationalist or socialist political economy. Developing the concept of sustainability value (SV), which requires integrating economic (exchange), social (labour), environmental (intrinsic) and cultural (use) values in all processes of extraction, manufacturing, trade, consumption and disposal, the book reformulates our understanding of key political economy topics such as trade, investment, preference formation, corporate governance and the role of the state. The book illustrates how SV is being realised via multi-stakeholder networks which, forming at the community, national and global levels, enable the required cross-value deliberation.

Author : Dirk Jacob Wolfson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137552754

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The Political Economy of Sustainable Development by Dirk Jacob Wolfson Pdf

The author shows how sustainable development may be organized, valued and distributed by introducing situational contracting as an interactive and contextual mode of governance. Situational contracting provides a road map for where we want to go, serving the prevailing ideology in implementing the trade between efficiency and fairness.

Author : Max Koch,Oksana Mont
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317407416

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Sustainability and the Political Economy of Welfare by Max Koch,Oksana Mont Pdf

Welfare is commonly conceptualized in socio-economic terms of equity, highlighting distributive issues within growing economies. While GDP, income growth and rising material standards of living are normally not questioned as priorities in welfare theories and policy making, there is growing evidence that Western welfare standards are not generalizable to the rest of the planet if environmental concerns, such as resource depletion or climate change, are considered. Sustainability and the Political Economy of Welfare raises the issue of what is required to make welfare societies ecologically sustainable. Consisting of three parts, this book regards the current financial, economic and political crisis in welfare state institutions and addresses methodological, theoretical and wider conceptual issues in integrating sustainability. Furthermore, this text is concerned with the main institutional obstacles to the achievement of sustainable welfare and wellbeing, and how these may feasibly be overcome. How can researchers assist policymakers in promoting synergy between economic, social and environmental policies conducive to globally sustainable welfare systems? Co-authored by a variety of cross-disciplinary contributors, a diversity of research perspectives and methods is reflected in a unique mixture of conceptual chapters, historical analysis of different societal sectors, and case studies of several EU countries, China and the US. This book is well suited for those who are interested in and study welfare, ecological economics and political economy.

Author : Rob Krueger,David Gibbs
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781593854980

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The Sustainable Development Paradox by Rob Krueger,David Gibbs Pdf

Sustainability--with its promise of economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental integrity--is hardly a controversial goal. Yet scholars have generally overlooked the ways that policies aimed at promoting "sustainability" at local, national, and global scales have been shaped and constrained by capitalist social relations. This thought-provoking book reexamines sustainability conceptually and as it actually exists on the ground, with a particular focus on Western European and North American urban contexts. Topics include critical theoretical engagements with the concept of sustainability; how sustainability projects map onto contemporary urban politics and social justice movements; the spatial politics of conservation planning and resource use; and what progressive sustainability practices in the context of neoliberalism might look like.

Author : Arsenio Balisacan,Ujjayant Chakravorty,Majah-Leah Ravago
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128004166

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Sustainable Economic Development by Arsenio Balisacan,Ujjayant Chakravorty,Majah-Leah Ravago Pdf

Sustainable Economic Development: Resources, Environment, and Institutions presents 25 articles that lay the foundations of sustainable development in a way that facilitates effective policy design. The editors mix broad thematic papers with focused micro-papers, balancing theories with policy designs. The book begins with two sections on sustainable development principles and practice and on specific settings where sustainable development is practiced. Two more sections illuminate institutions, governance, and political economy. Additional sections cover sustainable development and agriculture, and risk and economic security, including disaster management. This rich source of information should appeal to any institution involved in development work, and to development practitioners grappling with an array of difficult on-the-ground developmental challenges. Analyzes policies that move markets and resource use patterns towards achieving sustainability Articles are kaleidoscopic in scope and creativity Authors embody extraordinary diversity and qualifications

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:972042538

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The Political Economy of Sustainable Development by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jacob Park,Ken Conca,Matthias Finger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134059812

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The Crisis of Global Environmental Governance by Jacob Park,Ken Conca,Matthias Finger Pdf

More than twenty years after the Bruntland Commission report, Our Common Future, we have yet to secure the basis for a serious approach to global environmental governance. The failed 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development showed the need for a new approach to globalization and sustainability. Taking a critical perspective, rooted in political economy, regulation theory, and post-sovereign international relations, this book explores questions concerning the governance of environmental sustainability in a globalizing economy. With contributions from leading international scholars, the book offers a comprehensive framework on globalization, governance, and sustainability, and examines institutional mechanisms and arrangements to achieve sustainable environmental governance. It: considers current failures in the framework of global environmental governance addresses the problematic relationship between sustainability and globalization explores controversies of development and environment that have led to new processes of institution building examines the marketization of environmental policy-making; stakeholder politics and environmental policy-making; socio-economic justice; the political origins of sustainable consumption; the role of transnational actors; and processes of multi-level global governance. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of political science, international studies, political economy and environmental studies.

Author : Jennifer Clapp And Peter Dauvergne
Publisher : Academic Foundation
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8171885551

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Paths to a Green World The Political Economy of the Global Environment by Jennifer Clapp And Peter Dauvergne Pdf

Author : Paul A. Haslam,Pablo Heidrich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317418900

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The Political Economy of Natural Resources and Development by Paul A. Haslam,Pablo Heidrich Pdf

The Political Economy of Resources and Development offers a unique and multidisciplinary perspective on how the commodity boom of the mid-2000s reshaped the model of development throughout Latin America and elsewhere in the developing world. Governments increased taxes and royalties on the resource sector, the nationalization of foreign firms returned to the mainstream economic policy agenda, and public spending on social and developmental goals surged. These trends, often described as resource nationalism, have developed into a strategy for economic development, generated a re-imagining of the state and its institutional possibilities, and created a new but very significant political risk for extractive enterprises. However, these innovations, which constitute the most dramatic change in development policy in Latin America since the advent of neoliberalism, have so far received little attention from either academic or policy-oriented publications. This book explores the reasons behind these policies, and their effects on states, firms, and development trajectories. This text brings together renowned thematic experts to examine the political-economic causes of resource nationalism, as well as its manifestation in six Latin American countries. The causal variables considered by the contributors to this collection include a range of political-economic determinants of policy including commodity prices; the influence of ideology and national politics; ideas about industrial policy; relations between host governments and investors; and how countries respond to opportunities provided by regional initiatives and the new geography of the global economy. This volume is essential reading in development economics, political economy, and Latin American studies, as well as for those who want to understand what economic development means after neoliberalism.

Author : Philip Arestis,Malcolm Sawyer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030842888

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Economic Policies for Sustainability and Resilience by Philip Arestis,Malcolm Sawyer Pdf

This book explores the issues caused by climate change and environmental degradation, alongside the economic policies that can help secure an environmentally sustainable future. Through examining sustainability and resilience, the neoliberal globalised trading system and recent economic policies are questioned to inquire into whether capitalist economies are compatible with addressing climate change. Prolonged economic growth, forms of ownership, economic equality, the global ecosystem, universal basic services, the Green New Deal, and inclusive growth, are also discussed. Economic Policies for Sustainability and Resilience aims to provide policy options to develop sustainable and resilient market economies. It will be relevant to students, researchers, and policymakers interested in the political economy, environment economics, and economic policy.

Author : Ian Drummond,Terry Marsden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134647460

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The Condition of Sustainability by Ian Drummond,Terry Marsden Pdf

This book examines the political economy of sustainable development. The authors consider why most approaches to sustainable development have proved inadequate. Bringing together key ideas from social theory, food regimes and sustainability debates, the book presents a new and more dynamic way of thinking about sustainable development and a methodology for applying these ideas. Case study material focuses on the food system particularly the sugar industry in Australia and Barbados.

Author : James K. Boyce
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781843766971

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The Political Economy of the Environment by James K. Boyce Pdf

Professor Boyce s work is an excellent example of how ecological economics can be done in an objective, evidence-based approach that can put issues on the agenda in a manner where they will be taken seriously by other scholars. . . This is a well-written and provocative book that should encourage further research on all these important issues. David I. Stern, International Journal of Social Economics This succinct and sometimes provocative book sets out to document, quantify and explain the ways in which inequalities of wealth and power create an uneven apportionment of environmental costs across the world. It offers a combination of theoretical analysis and empirical evidence to support the author s central contention that greater democratisation and changes in society s relationship with nature are paramount for achieving the dual goals of environmental protection and sustainable development. . . This book is immensely well written. . . makes for a fascinating read. Ian Bailey, European Spatial Research and Policy Economic activities that degrade the environment do not simply pit humans against nature. They also pit some humans against others. Some benefit from these activities; others bear net costs from pollution and resource depletion. In a provocative and original analysis, James K. Boyce examines the dynamics of environmental degradation in terms of the balances of power between the winners and the losers. He provides evidence that inequalities of power and wealth affect not only the distribution of environmental costs, but also their overall magnitude: greater inequalities result in more environmental degradation. Democratization movement toward a more equitable distribution of power therefore is not only a worthwhile objective in its own right, but also an important means toward the social goals of environmental protection and sustainable development. Combining theoretical analysis with empirical evidence from around the world, James K. Boyce demonstrates that changes in our relationship with nature ultimately require changes in our relationships with each other. He maintains that a more democratic and environmentally sustainable future is possible, but warns that it is not inevitable. This book will appeal to students, scholars, policymakers and other readers interested in the environment, economics and public policy.

Author : Dimitris Stevis,Valerie J. Assetto
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1555879802

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The International Political Economy of the Environment by Dimitris Stevis,Valerie J. Assetto Pdf

Thirteen contributions from political scientists, sociologists, and other academics represent a critical approach to the IPE of the environment: "an approach that focuses on the historical development and framing of environmental problems and solutions and that seeks to understand the social priorities or purpose that differing problems and solutions reflect" (from the preface). A unifying theme is the idea that the way in which problems are framed intimately impacts the kinds of solutions that are proposed. A sampling of topics: environmental NGOs, TNCs, and the question of governance; environmental discourse and danger in Dominican and Cuban urban watersheds; and global change and the political economy of sustainable development in Brazil. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Philip Arestis,Malcolm Sawyer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031192562

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Prospects and Policies for Global Sustainable Recovery by Philip Arestis,Malcolm Sawyer Pdf

This book presents economic policies to combat the challenges posed by financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the climate crisis. How the role of the markets, the state, and social cohesion have come into question is explored, alongside broader issues, such as inequality. Particular attention is given to policies relating to the funding and financing of investment to confront the climate emergency, enhancing productivity and technical innovation, the significance of the commons in the context of the state, and macroeconomic policies to underpin sustainability. This book aims to present a framework for a sustainable future, with policy suggestions that promote both environmental and economic sustainability. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the political economy and sustainable development.