Dear Professor,
I am pleased to announce The MIT Press's publication in February of Paths to a Green World: The Political Economy of the Global Environment, by Jennifer Clapp and Peter Dauvergne. This comprehensive and accessible text examines the debates over the causes and consequences of environmental change from economic, political, ecological, and social perspectives. It is suitable for courses in Global Environmental Politics, Environmental Politics, Environment and Development, Sustainable Development, International or Global Political Economy, and International Environmental Law.
Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Peril or Prosperity? Mapping Worldviews of Global Environmental Change
Chapter 2. The Ecological Consequences of Globalization
Chapter 3. Globalization of Environmentalism
Chapter 4. Economic Growth in a World of Wealth and Poverty
Chapter 5. Global Trade and the Environment
Chapter 6. Global Investment and the Environment
Chapter 7. Global Financing and the Environment
Chapter 8. Paths to a Green World? Four Visions for a Healthy Global Environment
Notes
Bibliography
Index
"Clapp and Dauvergne offer an unusually provocative and creative path into the study of global environmental issues. By drawing on four environmental worldviews to frame their discussion of the mounting environmental degradation across the planet, they give us a book that will foster critical, independent thinking among undergraduate students of the politics of globalization and environmental change."
--Michael Maniates, Departments of Environmental Science and Political Science, Allegheny College
"This book adds a welcome dose of political economy to the study of international environmental politics. Rather than organizing itself around environmental issue areas or interstate political processes, it focuses on key processes of the world economy that give important shape to ecopolitical behavior and environmental outcomes. There is not another text of this sort suitable for use in upper-level courses on international environmental politics."
--Ken Conca, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park
"Paths to a Green World is a rare achievement: succinct yet comprehensive, clear and balanced without removing the passion and controversy from the issues. The authors thoughtfully present and elaborate on four worldviews, or paths to environmental protection, and then trust their readers to make their own choices. In a time when polarization or blandness seems to prevail in political life, this important book promotes tolerance and respect based upon a commitment to understanding the values and arguments of others."
--Karen Liftin, Department of Political Science, University of Washington
Click on the link below for complete text details and an examination copy request form.
http://mitpress.mit.edu/0262532719
Sincerely,
Michelle Pullano
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Congratulations to Jennifer Clapp and Peter Dauvergne, two long-time
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