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World in Motion: The Globalization and the Environment Reader [Hardback]

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  • Formāts: Hardback, 294 pages, height x width x depth: 239x164x26 mm, weight: 560 g
  • Sērija : Globalization and the Environment
  • Izdošanas datums: 16-Dec-2008
  • Izdevniecība: AltaMira Press
  • ISBN-10: 0759110255
  • ISBN-13: 9780759110250
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  • Formāts: Hardback, 294 pages, height x width x depth: 239x164x26 mm, weight: 560 g
  • Sērija : Globalization and the Environment
  • Izdošanas datums: 16-Dec-2008
  • Izdevniecība: AltaMira Press
  • ISBN-10: 0759110255
  • ISBN-13: 9780759110250
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The essays collected in World in Motion all address the same issue: The global paradox that modern prosperity has entailed extreme environmental degradation. Gary M. Kroll and Richard H. Robbins present readings covering all principal viewpoints on this matter, from the neoliberal belief that environmental and social problems can be fixed through a growing economy to the critics of globalization who equate growth with environmental degradation. This book asks an important question: Can we simply accelerate growth under the assumption that increased prosperity and new technologies will allow us to reverse environmental damage? Or do we need to transform our modes of living radically to maintain the health of the world around us?

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This reader belongs in every environmental studies classroom. It is an essential guide to the big issues, a key to understanding how our species has transformed the planet, and why that transformation may end up making the earth uninhabitable. -- Richard Wilk, Indiana University This anthology will also be quite useful in a global environmental studies or an American environmental studies course seeking to understand and evaluate the impacts of American economic practices and globalization on the rest of the world. The book has a place outside the classroom as well as an effective primer on the number of crises that need to be challenged and some of the strategies for doing so. Specifically, it is definitely accessible to nonacademic readers. * Journal of World History *

Preface vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Globalization and the Environment: A Primer
Richard H. Robbins
1
1 The Ecological Footprint 17
Jason Venetoulis and John Talberth, "Ecological Footprints of Nations, 2005 Update"
Part I: Environments
2 Energy
31
Alicia Fentiman, "The Anthropology of Oil: The Impact of the Oil Industry on a Fishing Community in the Niger Delta"
3 Water
45
Jon Luoma, "The Water Thieves"
Jon Jeter, "South Africa's Driest Season"
4 Globalizing the Earth's Crust
57
Jane Perlezand and Kirk Johnson, "Behind Gold's Glitter: Torn Lands and Pointed Questions"
5 The Seas around Us
69
Julia Whitty, "The Fate of the Ocean"
Part II: Consuming Culture
6 Consuming the Culture of SUVs
91
Matthew Paterson and Simon Dalby, "Empire's Ecological Tyreprints"
7 Ecotourism
109
Andrew Walsh, "The Obvious Aspects of Ecological Underprivilege in Ankarana, Northern Madagascar"
8 Technology and the Green Revolutions
131
Vandana Shiva, "Pepsico for Peace? The Ecological and Political Risks of the Biotechnology Revolution"
9 Global Trade of Electronic Waste
155
Elizabeth Grossman, "Where Computers Go to Die—and Kill"
Part III: Global Warming
10 Globalization and the Changing Climate
167
Kerry Emanuel, "Phaeton's Reins: The Human Hand in Climate Change"
11 The Problem of a Rising Sea-Level
187
Julia Whitty, "All the Disappearing Islands"
Part IV: Politics, Identity, and Justice
12 War and Mobilization
201
Jessica Adley and Andrea Grant, "The Environmental Consequences of War"
13 Environmental Justice and Grassroots Globalization in the Nuclear Pacific
209
Valerie Kuletz, "The Movement for Environmental Justice in the Pacific"
14 Multinationals, China, and the Environment
225
Abigail Jahiel, "China, the WTO, and Implications for the Environment"
15 Globalization and the Burden of Critical Theory
247
Jasmin Sydee and Sharon Beder, "Ecofeminism and Globalization: A Critical Appraisal"
Endnotes 271
Index 277
About the Editors 281
Gary M. Kroll is associate professor in the History Department of SUNY at Plattsburgh. Richard H. Robbins is University Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Anthropology of SUNY at Plattsburgh.