Steven Allen Vertovec / Darrell A. Posey (eds.)

Globalization, Globalism, Environments, and Environmentalism

Consciousness of Connections
Herausgeber: Vertovec, Steven; Posey, Darrell A

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Produktbeschreibung

They are ever more conscious of each other, are creating coalitions for effective public campaigns, and are increasingly gaining the ear of national and international policy-makers. This volume presents the views of a number of leading figures concerning the nature of environmental consciousness and the emergence of connections linking globalization (processes of intensifying social, political and economic networks), globalism (our sense of the world as a whole), specific environments (such as rainforests or cities), and environmentalism (expressed in the activities of social movement organizations).

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In both scientific research and public interest over the past two decades there has been a growing attention to environmental matters. This volume presents the views of a number of leading figures concerning the nature of environmental consciousness and the emergence of connections linking globalization (processes of intensifying social, political, and economic networks), globalism (our sense of the world as a whole), specific environments (such as rainforests or cities), and environmentalism (expressed in the activities of social movement organizations).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 158mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780199264520
• ISBN-10: 019926452X
• Artikelnr.: 22337447

Autorenporträt

Vertovec, Steven Allen (Professor of Transnational Anthropology, Oxford Centre for the Environment, University of Oxford) / Posey, Darrell A.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction`
* 1: Eugene P. Odum: How Ecology has Changes
* 2: Calestous Juma: International Trade and Environment: Towards
Integrative Responsibility
* 3: Steven Yearley: Social Movements as Problematic Agents of Global
Environmental Change
* 4: Chris Rose and Peter Melchett: Global Citizens: Campaigning for
Environmental Solutions
* 5: Manuel Castells: Global Networks and Local Societies: Cities in
the Information Age
* 6: Herbert Girardet: Cities, People, Planet
* 7: Maurice Strong: Global Sustainable Development
* 8: Darrell Addison Posey: Fragmenting Cosmic Connections: Converting
Nature into Commodity
* 9: Marcia Langton: The 'Wild', the Market and the Native: Indigenous
People Face New Forms of Global Colonization