Jordi Diez, O.p. Dwivedi

Global Environmental Challenges

Perspectives from the South
Herausgeber: Diez, Jordi; Dwivedi, O P

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Produktbeschreibung

"This book brings together an impressive collection of scholars working on environmental challenges facing the Global South in an age of globalization. An important contribution to the literature on global environmental policy and politics." - Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781551118208
• ISBN-10: 1551118203
• Artikelnr.: 26189014

Autorenporträt

Jordi Díez is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Guelph. O.P. Dwivedi is University Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph. He was bestowed with the Order of Canada in 2005, Canada's highest civilian honour, and has published widely on bureaucratic management as well as the environment, including co-editing Administrative Culture in a Global Context (de Sitter, 2005) and Sustainable Development in Canada: National and International Perspectives (Broadview Press, 2001).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction, Jordi Diez and O.P. Dwivedi
1. Globalization and Environmental Challenges Confronting the South,
Jordi Diez
2. Environmental Management in China: Globalization and its Challenges,
Stephen K. Ma
3. Post-Rio Realities and the Politics of Environment in Thailand,
Craig Johnson
4. Indonesia: Addressing Development and Environmental Management in the
Context of Globalization, Bruce Mitchell
5. Environmental Challenges Facing India, O.P. Dwivedi
6. Donors, Patrons, and Civil Society: The Global-Local Dynamics of
Environmental Politics in Post-war Lebanon, Paul Kingston
7. Environment and Development in Uganda: Understanding the Global
Influence on Domestic Policy, Chris Gore
8. Environmental Management in West Africa: The Case of Nigeria, Godwin
Onu
9. Cross-Pressures and the Pursuit of Sustainable Development in South
Africa, Rebecca Tiessen
10. Globalization and Environmental Politics in Mexico, Jordi Diez
11. Environmental Policy and Politics in Chile Revisited: The Limits of
Reformism, Jorge Nef
12. Is a Better World Possible? The Experience of the Brazilian
Environmental Movement and the "Construction of Citizenship," Angus
Wright 
Conclusion, Jordi Diez
Notes on Contributors
Index