The Illusion of Progress : Unsustainable Development in International Law and Policy
Alexander. Gillespie
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (257 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - The Illusion of Progress: Unsustainable Development in International Law and Policy; Copyright; Contents; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Development; The Idea of Development; The Right to Development; The Failure of the Conventional Development Process; The Roots of Failure; Sustainable Development; The Idea of Social Development; Components of Social Development; The Future of Sustainable Development; The Overall Problem; Chapter 2 Growth; Growth, Technology and Progress; The Left, the Right and the South. - Chapter 4 TradeThe Free Trade Position; The Rejection of Free Trade; Externalities and Free Trade; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Debt; The Debt Crisis and Sustainable Development; The Environmental Cost; Attempts at Resolving the Debt Crisis; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Aid; International Financial Assistance; Aid and International Environmental Law and Policy; The Arguments for Aid in International Environmental Law and Policy; Financial Assistance as a Catalyst for Success; The Problems Associated with Aid; Conclusion; Chapter 7 Peace; Security; Laying Down Arms. - Economic Growth and Sustainable Development in International Environmental Law and PolicyThe No-growth Position; The Steady Economic State; Crossing Environmental Thresholds; Growth and the Environmental Nexus; Consumption in International Environmental Law and Policy; The Population Question in International Environmental Law and Policy; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Markets; Neo-economic Liberalism; The Free Market and Environmental Protection; Market Solutions to Environmental Problems; The Limits of the Free Market; The Importance of Property from the Perspective of Social Ecology; Conclusion. - Realism in a World without a Supra-sovereignConclusion; Chapter 8 Sovereignty; The Basis of International Law; Sovereignty and International Environmental Law Issues; Social Ecology and Sovereignty; A Powerful International Environmental Body; The Decline of the Nation State System; International Environmental Law; Interdependence, Pluralism and Realism; Conclusion; Conclusion; Notes and References; Index. - Is 'sustainable development' a charade sold to an increasingly misled public? This book presents a wide-ranging, penetrating critique of sustainability and what it actually means. The author argues that despite the rhetoric of socially and environmentally sustainable development and the ever-increasing number of legislative environmental policies, the real issues such as consumption, population growth and equity are either sidestepped or manipulated in international policy and law. Analyzing the main areas of concern - economic growth, market structure, trade, aid, debt, security and sovereign
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| ISBN | 1853837563. - 1853837571
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