Global Sustainability Social and Environmental Conditions

by Vercelli, Alessandro; Borghesi, Simone

• ISBN13: 9780230546967
• ISBN10: 023054696X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book examines how consistent the post-war process of globalisation has been with the basic requisites of sustainable development. The book provides an interpretation of post-war globalisation with a special emphasis on the last quarter of the twentieth century, in order to assess its sustainability, and argues that the polarisation of public opinion into support of either globalisation or sustainable development has not helped an understanding of the issues, and that the confrontation should be abandoned. The book provides a more balanced discussion of the issues involved in global sustainability.

Author Biography

Alessandro Vercelli is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Siena, Italy.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. vi
List of Acronyms	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introductory Remarks: Definitions, Preview, Foundations	p. 1
Inequality, Poverty and the Kuznets Curve	p. 34
Sustainability Conditions and the Environmental Kuznets Curve	p. 51
Sustainable Development, Global Warming and Energy Trends	p. 81
Inequality, Health and the Environment	p. 101
The "New" Globalization	p. 129
The Sustainable Firm: Long-Run Performance and Corporate Social Responsibility	p. 152
Liberalism, Perfect Competition and Real Markets	p. 183
Concluding Remarks: The Argument in a Nutshell, its Policy Implications and the Liberal Dilemma	p. 206
Notes	p. 232
References	p. 246
Author Index	p. 261
Subject Index	p. 265
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