Trouble in Paradise: Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin America

by Thanos,Nikki Demetria

• ISBN13: 9780415929806
• ISBN10: 0415929806
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-06-23
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The steady degradation of Latin America's environment has become an issue of paramount importance on the international agenda. Though many have claimed that development is the silver bullet solution to these ills, in reality, short-term foreign investment has only exacerbated the problem -- and mired the region in insurmountable debt. Comprehensive and captivating in its consideration of the Latin American environmental crisis, Trouble in Paradise is essential reading for anyone concerned about the future of Latin America, and the ecology of the world at large. Book jacket.

Author Biography

J. Timmons Roberts is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Mellon Program in Environmental Sociology at the College of William and Mary Nikki Demetria Thanos works in Mexico as a Popular Educator and Political Analyst for Witness for Peace

Table of Contents

Foreword: When the People Lead
by David Helvarg	vii
Preface	xiii
CHAPTER 1 The Scene, Its Problems and Roots	1	(34)
CHAPTER 2 Pollution Havens on the United States-Mexico Border? NAFTA, Free Trade, and the Environment	35	(30)
CHAPTER 3 Green Revolutions, Deforestation, and New Ideas	65	(64)
CHAPTER 4 Hazards of an Urban Continent 95
CHAPTER 5 Bio-Splendor, Devastation, and Competing Visions in the Amazon	129	(36)
CHAPTER 6 Indigenous Peoples, Development Megaprojects, and Internet Resistance	165	(28)
CHAPTER 7 Building a Global Civil Society: Living What We Know	193	(20)
Notes	213	(22)
Bibliography	235	(32)
Online Resources	267	(10)
Index	277