World in Motion: The Globalization and the Environment Reader

by Gary M. Kroll and Richard H. Robbins

Book Overview

The essays collected in World in Motion all address the same issue: The global paradox that modern prosperity has entailed extreme environmental degradation. Gary M. Kroll and Richard H. Robbins present readings covering all principal viewpoints on this matter, from the neoliberal belief that environmental and social problems can be fixed through a growing economy to the critics of globalization who equate growth with environmental degradation. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759110263
• ISBN13: 9780759110267
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.8"