Md Saidul Islam

Development, Power, and the Environment

Neoliberal Paradox in the Age of Vulnerability

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Produktbeschreibung

Unmasking the neoliberal paradox, this book provides a robust conceptual and theoretical synthesis of development, power and the environment. With seven case studies on global challenges such as under-development, food regime, climate change, dam building, identity politics, and security vulnerability, the book offers a new framework of a "double-risk" society for the Global South. With apparent ecological and social limits to neoliberal globalization and development, the current levels of consumption are unsustainable, inequitable, and inaccessible to the majority of humans. Power has a great role to play in this global trajectory. Though power is one of most pervasive phenomena of human society, it is probably one of the least understood concepts. The growth of transnational corporations, the dominance of world-wide financial and political institutions, and the extensive influence of media that are nearly monopolized by corporate interests are key factors shaping our global society today. In the growing concentration of power in few hands, what is apparent is a non-apparent nature of power. Understanding the interplay of power in the discourse of development is a crucial matter at a time when our planet is in peril - both environmentally and socially. This book addresses this current crucial need.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 560g
• ISBN-13: 9780415540025
• ISBN-10: 041554002X
• Artikelnr.: 36621984

Autorenporträt

Md Saidul Islam is Assistant Professor in the Division of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Concepts and Theories 1. Challenges of Our Time: Environmental and
Social Vulnerabilities with Quek Ri An 2. Understanding Power in Social
Organization 3. Paradigms of Development and Their Power Dynamics 4.
Theorizing Nature-Society Relationships 5. Neoliberal Paradox: Connection
Through Disconnection Part II: Case Studies 6. Development Dynamics in the
Global South: From Colonization to Globalization 7. Green Revolution:
Transformation, Optimism and Reality 8. Food and Power: The Mirage of the
Food Aid Regime 9. Climate Politics: Power and Development in Mortgaging
the Planet 10. Tipaimukh Dam: Triumph of Development over the Environment
and Popular Voice 11. Labelling Tribal: State-Power in Forming and
Transforming Identities 12. A Neoliberal Knowledge/Power/Security Regime
After 9/11: The Case of "Muslim Patient" Part III: Sustainable Earth Amid
Vulnerabilities 13. Third World Vulnerabilities: Towards a Double Risk
Society 14. Towards a Sustainable Earth?