Green Planet Blues

by Conca, Ken; Alberty, Michael; Dabelko, Geoffrey D.

• ISBN13: 9780813325965
• ISBN10: 081332596X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-08-01
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Author Biography

Ken Conca is associate professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland and director of the Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda. Geoffrey D. Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Table of Contents

Preface
Two Decades of Global Environmental Politics	p. 5
The Limits to Growth	p. 25
Environment and Development: The Case of the Developing Countries	p. 30
The Tragedy of the Commons	p. 38
No Tragedy on the Commons	p. 46
The Tragedy of the Commons: Twenty-two Years Later	p. 53
The Scarcity Society	p. 63
Laws, States and Super-States: International Law and the Environment	p. 79
The Shadow Ecologies of Western Economies	p. 91
Global Technopolitics	p. 94
The Green Revolution: The American Environmental Movement, 1962-1992	p. 99
The Emergence of the Environmental Movement in Eastern Europe and Its Role in the Revolutions of 1989	p. 107
Fight for the Forest	p. 116
Ozone Diplomacy	p. 127
Ozone Layer Depletion and Global Warming: New Sources for Environmental Disputes	p. 135
Skinning Scientific Cats	p. 146
Global Warming in an Unequal World: A Case of Environmental Colonialism	p. 150
Appraising the Earth Summit: How Should We Judge UNCED's Success?	p. 154
The Case for Free Trade	p. 172
The Perils of Free Trade	p. 180
The Emperor's New Clothes: The World Bank and Environmental Reform	p. 188
The Role of the World Bank	p. 199
Towards Sustainable Development	p. 211
Whose Common Future?	p. 222
Sustainable Development: A Critical Review	p. 227
Environmental Scarcities and Violent Conflict: Evidence from Cases	p. 245
Environmental Security: How It Works	p. 256
The Case Against Linking Environmental Degradation and National Security	p. 263
For Whose Benefit? Redefining Security	p. 273
The Need for Eco-Justice	p. 283
Statement to the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development	p. 287
Women, Poverty and Population: Issues for the Concerned Environmentalist	p. 290
Two Agendas on Amazon Development	p. 299
Notes	p. 307
About the Book and Editors	p. 328
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