Planet dialectics: explorations in environment and development
Sachs is one of the most thoughtful intellectuals to tackle the crisis in the Western world's relations with nature and social justice. Here readers will find trenchant explorations of some of the foremost issues the world faces in the new century.
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- Full title :Planet dialectics : explorations in environment and development / Wolfgang Sachs ; with a foreword by Susan George.
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Sachs is one of the most thoughtful intellectuals to tackle the crisis in the Western world's relations with nature and social justice. Here readers will find trenchant explorations of some of the foremost issues the world faces in the new century.
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- Publication Date:2015.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Zed Books
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015.
Notes
First published in 1999 by Zed Books.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxi, 226 pages ; : 22 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781783603404, 1783603402
- oclc:ocn907022785
- LC Classification:HC79.E5
- Dewey Decimal:338.9
Table of Contents
Part I. The archaeology of the development idea. 1. The archaeology of the development idea -- Part II. The shaky ground of sustainability. 2. Global ecology and the shadow of 'development' ; 3. The gospel of global efficiency ; 4. Environment and development : the story of a dangerous liaison ; 5. Sustainable development : on the political anatomy of an oxymoron -- Part III. In the image of the planet. 6. One world -- many worlds? ; 7. The blue planet : on the ambiguity of a modern icon ; 8. Globalization and sustainability -- Part IV. Ecology and equity in a post-development era. 9. Ecology, justice and the end of development ; 10. The two meanings of resource productivity ; 11. Speed limits ; 12. The power of limits : an inquiry into new models of wealth
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