• Contents: Introduction-- 1. Globalization, Human Rights and the Environment-- 2. Human Rights: Moral Authority and Philosophical Doubts-- 3. The Contemporary Human Rights Regime: Some Criticisms and an Alternative-- 4. Environmental Sustainability and Environmental Values-- 5. The Institutions of Sustainability: Citizenship, Democracy and Justice-- 6. Rights or Sustainability-- Rights and Sustainability?-- References-- Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)9781849808071 20160605

'Human rights and environmental sustainability have virtually unassailable legitimacy as objectives in the contemporary world. But do they work with or against each other? In this forensic dissection of the relationship between the two concepts, Kerri Woods raises the analytical bar to new heights. The result is a striking combination of intellectual sophistication and political sensitivity - not to be missed.' - Andrew Dobson, Keele University, UK. Human Rights and Environmental Sustainability challenges the assumed harmony between human rights norms and the demands of environmental sustainability, by addressing conceptual, normative, and political questions surrounding the interaction between the two. What is gained and lost by environmental theorists and activists adopting the language and institutions of human rights? Is there coherence or tension between the values of human rights and environmental sustainability? Is the idea of environmental human rights plausible, and defensible? Whereas previous studies have considered the interface between human rights and environmental sustainability on an empirical level, this pioneering book engages the theoretical and philosophical issues at stake. Given the significant environmental challenges we face, and the dominance of human rights as a normative framework, these concerns demand our attention. This timely work will appeal to scholars in the fields of environmental politics, philosophy, human rights theory and global or international ethics, as well as postgraduate students in environmental politics, and philosophy. Postgraduate students in human rights - particularly human rights theory - global or international ethics, and scholars working in environmental law or human rights law will also find this book invaluable.
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Human Rights and Environmental Sustainability challenges the assumed harmony between human rights norms and the demands of environmental sustainability, by addressing conceptual, normative, and political questions surrounding the interaction between the two. What is gained and lost by environmental theorists and activists adopting the language and institutions of human rights? Is there coherence or tension between the values of human rights and environmental sustainability? Is the idea of environmental human rights plausible, and defensible? Whereas previous studies have considered the interface between human rights and environmental sustainability on an empirical level, this pioneering book engages the theoretical and philosophical issues at stake. Given the significant environmental challenges we face, and the dominance of human rights as a normative framework, these concerns demand our attention. This timely work will appeal to scholars in the fields of environmental politics, philosophy, human rights theory and global or international ethics, as well as postgraduate students in environmental politics, and philosophy. Postgraduate students in human rights - particularly human rights theory - global or international ethics, and scholars working in environmental law or human rights law will also find this book invaluable.
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• 1. Human Rights and Future People: An Introduction Gerhard Bos and Marcus Duwell PART I - Obstacles and Promises in Contemporary Human Rights Law 2. Greening Human Rights Law: A Focus on the European Convention on Human Rights Elina Pirjatanniemi 3. An Atmospheric Trust to Protect the Environment for Future Generations? Reform Options for Human Rights Law Peter Lawrence 4. Avoiding the Tragedy of Human Rights: How Complex Thought May Open the Way to Recognising Human Rights for Future Generations Emilie Gaillard 5. International Human Rights and Duties to Future Generations: The Role of an International Constitution Stephen Riley PART II - Long-term Responsibility and the Theory of Human Rights 6. Human Dignity and Intergenerational Human Rights Marcus Duwell 7. Human Rights and Threats concerning Future People: A Sufficientarian Proposal Jos Philips 8. Human Rights, Climate Change, and Sustainability Adina Preda 9. A Chain of Status: Long-term Responsibility in the Context of Human Rights Gerhard Bos PART III - Human Rights Approaches to Sustainability 10. Human Rights as a Normative Guideline for Climate Policy Michael Reder and Lukas Kohler 11. The Duties We Have to Future Generations: A Gewirthian Approach Deryck Beyleveld 12. Ecological Rights of Future Generations: A Capability Approach Rutger Claassen PART IV - Implications and Implementation 13. On Current Food Consumption and Future Generations: Is There a Moral Need to Change our Food Consumption in Order to Safeguard the Human Rights of Future Generations? Franck L.B. Meijboom 14. Climate Change and the Right to One Child Tim Meijers 15. The Institutional Representation of Future Generations Sandor Fulop 16. Human Rights, Sustainability and Future People - A Future Discussion Marcus Duwell and Gerhard Bos.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)9781138957107 20160704

The history of human rights suggests that individuals should be empowered in their natural, political, political, social and economic vulnerabilities. States within the international arena hold each other responsible for doing just that and support or interfere where necessary. States are to protect these essential human vulnerabilities, even when this is not a matter of self-interest. This function of human rights is recognized in contexts of intervention, genocide, humanitarian aid and development. This book develops the idea of environmental obligations as long-term responsibilities in the context of human rights. It proposes that human rights require recognition that, in the face of unsustainable conduct, future human persons are exposed and vulnerable. It explores the obstacles for long-term responsibilities that human rights law provides at the level of international and national law and challenges the question of whether lifestyle restrictions are enforceable in view of liberties and levels of wellbeing typically seen as protected by human rights. The book will be of interest to postgraduates studying Human Rights, Sustainability, Law and Philosophy.
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• Préface, AlbertToikeusse Mabri, ministre des Affaires étrangères de la Côte d'Ivoire -- Avant-propos, Nialé Kaba, ministre du Plan et du Développement de la Côte d'Ivoire -- Babacar Cissé, représentant spécial adjoint du secrétaire général de l'ONU et coordonnateur des agences du Système des Nations Unies (SNU) en Côte d'Ivoire -- Introduction, Babacar Cissé, représentant spécial adjoint du secrétaire général de -l'ONU et coordonnateur des agences du SNU en Côte d'Ivoire -- Les prolégomènes de la réforme des Nations Unies, Luc-Joël Grégoire, directeur-pays du Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement (PNUD) en Côte d'Ivoire -- La réforme des Nations Unies : objectifs et orientations -- L'initiative de la réforme des Nations Unies et la rationalisation de l'effort d'alignement et de coordination de l'aide, Babacar Cissé, représentant spécial adjoint du secrétaire général de l'ONU et coordonnateur des agences du SNU en Côte d'Ivoire -- Les grandes lignes de la réforme des Nations Unies, Frederik Matthys, conseiller régional pour l'Afrique du bureau de la coordination des opérations de développement des Nations Unies -- Les objectifs de la réforme des Nations Unies, Fidèle Sarassoro, chef de cabinet du Président de la République de la Côte d'Ivoire -- La valeur ajoutée du Système des Nations Unies, Babacar Cissé, représentant spécial adjoint du secrétaire général de l'ONU et coordonnateur des agences du SNU en Côte d'Ivoire -- Le rôle des acteurs nationaux et la réforme des Nations Unies pour la réalisation des objectifs de développement durable de l'Afrique, Lanciné Diaby, directeur général du plan et de la lutte contre la pauvreté, ministère du Plan et du Développement de la Côte d'Ivoire -- Luc-Joël Grégoire, directeur pays du PNUD en Côte d'Ivoire -- L'engagement conjoint et les aspects institutionnels de la réforme "Unis dans l'action", Lacina Kouakou Kouamé, ancien directeur de cabinet au ministère du Plan et du Développement de la Côte d'Ivoire -- Luc-Joël Grégoire, directeur pays du PNUD en Côte d'Ivoire -- Le management de la réforme des Nations Unies -- Le DaO et les instruments managériaux de performance de l'action du Système des Nations Unies dans les pays africains, Christian Do Rosario, ancien directeur des opérations du PNUD en Côte d'Ivoire -- Francisco Viera, spécialiste à la coordination du SNU en Côte d'Ivoire -- L'indispensable engagement du personnel des agences du Système des Nations Unies, Pierre Carrel, consultant international et universitaire, spécialiste de la réforme des Nations Unies -- Le système de suivi-évaluation pour promouvoir la culture du résultat et la "redevabilité" du Système des Nations Unies, Adèle Khudr, représentante de l'Unicef en Côte d'Ivoire -- Christina De Bruin, représentante adjointe de l'Unicef en Côte d'Ivoire -- Les enjeux de la transformation, Christian Do Rosario, ancien directeur des opérations du PNUD en Côte d'Ivoire -- Alina Aimée Mahouagbeu Ouattara, chef adjointe de la cellule de coordination stratégique au ministère du Plan et du Développement de la Côte d'Ivoire -- Luc-Joël Grégoire, directeur pays du PNUD en Côte d'Ivoire -- La feuille de route : un instrument d'orientation et de coordination appropriée, Pr Benoît Patrick Gbakou, chef de la cellule de coordination stratégique au ministère du Plan et du Développement de la Côte d'Ivoire

• Alina Aimée Mahouagbeu Ouattara, chef adjointe de la cellule de coordination stratégique au ministère du Plan et du Développement de la Côte d'Ivoire -- Francisco Viera, spécialiste à la coordination du SNU en Côte d'Ivoire -- La pratique de la réforme des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire : une expérimentation dans un contexte de consolidation de la paix et de promotion du développement -- La réforme "Unis dans l'action" dans le contexte d'une opération de maintien de la paix, Fidèle Sarassoro, chef de cabinet du Président de la République de la Côte d'Ivoire -- Le plan prioritaire de consolidation de la paix en Côte d'Ivoire et l'approche "Unis dans l'action" du Système des Nations Unies, Marie Goreth Nizigama, conseillère en planification stratégique et chef de l'unité de coordination du SNU -- Famoussa Coulibaly, directeur de cabinet adjoint au ministère des Affaires étrangères de la Côte d'Ivoire -- La contribution de l'ONUSIDA au processus de la réforme des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire, Michel Sidibé, directeur exécutif de l'ONUSIDA -- Tamsir Sall, directeur pays de l'ONUSIDA en Côte d'Ivoire -- Le cadre conjoint pour l'amélioration de la santé maternelle en Côte d'Ivoire (OMD5), Suzanne Konaté Maïga, médecin de santé publique, représentante de l'UNFPA (Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population) en Côte d' Ivoire, avec la collaboration de : Saidou Kaboré, représentant adjoint et du Dr Pierre Konan Kacou, responsable de programmes -- La mise en oeuvre de l'approche harmonisée de transferts de ressources et la réforme "Unis dans l'action" en Côte d'Ivoire, Christian Do Rosario, ancien directeur des opérations du PNUD en Côte d'Ivoire -- Kobehi Guillaume Toutou, membre du groupe de travail interagences HACT Nehla Touré, responsable de l'unité du système informatique du PNUD en Côte d'Ivoire -- La coordination de l'assistance extérieure et le programme conjoint d'accompagnement du Système des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire, Kouakou Lacina Kouamé, ancien directeur de cabinet du ministre d'État, ministre du Plan et du Développement de la Côte d'Ivoire -- Mahamoudou Traoré, conseiller technique du Premier ministre, ministre de l'Économie, des Finances et du Budget -- Adama Sall, conseiller spécial du ministre auprès du Premier ministre, chargé de l'Économie et des Finances -- El Allassane Baguia, chargé de programme, spécialiste des OMD au PNUD -- Le recueil des bonnes pratiques et expériences africaines de la réforme des Nations Unies -- L'expérience de la Tanzanie dans la mise en oeuvre et le suivi-évaluation de la réforme des Nations Unies, Albéric Kacou, vice-président de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), ancien directeur de cabinet de l'administrateur du PNUD, New York -- Le concept de "Leader unique" au Mozambique, Christian Do Rosario, ancien directeur des opérations du PNUD en Côte d'Ivoire -- Francisco Viera, expert, spécialiste à la coordination du SNU en Côte d'Ivoire -- L'expérience institutionnelle du dispositif national de la réforme des Nations Unies au Mali, Mbaranga Gasarabwe, représentante spéciale adjointe pour la mission multidimensionnelle intégrée des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation au Mali (MINUSMA) -- Luc Gnonlonfoun, directeur des Opérations du PNUD en Côte d'Ivoire

• L'expérience du Rwanda dans la mise en oeuvre et le suivi-évaluation de la réforme des Nations Unies, Aurélien Agbénonci, ministre des Affaires étrangères du Bénin, ancien représentant spécial adjoint de la mission multidimensionnelle intégrée des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en République centrafricaine (MINUSCA) -- L'articulation stratégique d'un plan cadre des Nations Unies : l'expérience du Cabo Verde, Mensah Léon Aluka, chef du secrétariat du Groupe des Nations Unies pour le développement de l'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre (UNDG-WCA) et spécialiste de la coordination régionale et de la réforme des Nations Unies -- L'analyse des gains liés à la réforme des Nations Unies au Mali et en Côte d'Ivoire : expériences comparées, Pierre Carrel, consultant international et universitaire, spécialiste de la réforme des Nations Unies -- Luc Joël Grégoire, directeur pays du PNUD en Côte d'Ivoire -- Les axes stratégiques d'une communication unifiée du Système des Nations Unies : les expériences du Zimbabwe et du Ghana, Pierre Carrel, consultant international et universitaire, spécialiste de la réforme des Nations Unies -- Jenny-Christelle Debrimou, spécialiste de la communication au bureau du coordonnateur résident des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire -- L'expérience de l'Éthiopie et du Lesotho en matière de gestion managériale et opérationnelle de la réforme "Unis dans l'action" (BOS), Christian Do Rosario, ancien directeur des opérations du PNUD en Côte d'Ivoire -- Lassina Touré, spécialiste de la coordination et spécialiste du suivi-évaluation de I'UNDAF au sein de l'unité de coordination du SNU en. Côte d'Ivoire -- L'amorce du processus de réforme du Système des Nations Unies en Guinée, Séraphine Wakana, coordonnatrice résidente du SNU et représentante résidente du PNUD en Guinée -- L'initiative HACT et la mise en place d'un système intégré de gestion des partenariats en République démocratique du Congo, Adama Coulibaly, directeur de cabinet du ministre auprès du. Premier ministre chargé de l'Économie et des Finances en Côte d'Ivoire -- Amadou Sow, ICT spécialiste/Business intelligence au PNUD en République démocratique du Congo -- La mise en oeuvre de l'initiative "Unis dans l'action" au Bénin, Rosine Sori Coulibaly, ministre de l'Économie, des Finances et du Développement au Burkina Faso, ancienne coordinatrice des agences du SNU au Bénin -- La réforme "Unis dans l'action" : un processus prometteur au Togo, Khardiata Lo N'diaye, coordonnatrice résidente des Nations Unies et représentante résidente du PNUD au Togo.

"Pour être encore plus innovante, réactive et efficace au service de la paix, de la sécurité et du développement durable, l'Organisation des Nations Unies (ONU) s'est engagée dans une réforme intitulée "Unis dans l'action". Cette réforme définit les orientations stratégiques, les nouvelles pratiques de coopération et permet de perfectionner la coordination des agences de l'ONU. À l'heure où la question de l'efficacité de l'aide au développement devient cruciale, la réforme "Unis dans l'action" promeut à la fois un meilleur accompagnement en faveur du développement durable du continent africain et une efficacité managériale nécessaire à la pérennisation des acquis. Coécrit par des hauts responsables des administrations africaines et des praticiens expérimentés du Système des Nations Unies, cet ouvrage est le premier concernant sa réforme et sa mise en oeuvre en Afrique. Par ses analyses et ses orientations, il constitue un référentiel pour la compréhension et la mesure des enjeux de la réforme des Nations Unies. Il constitue également un instrument pour la promotion de politiques publiques affinées ainsi que le développement de partenariats novateurs."--Page 4 of cover.

• Foreword Introduction 1. Democracy and Consensus Building Good Offices at work Democracy Human rights Rule of law 2. Economic Development International trade Trade competitiveness Debt management Reform of international institutions Enterprise and agriculture Climate change and sustainable development Maritime boundaries and natural resources 3. Public Sector Development Governance Service delivery Information and communications technologies 4. Human Development Education Health Gender HIV/AIDS 5. Young People Youth empowerment Youth centres 6. Outreach Partnerships Communication 7. Strategic Direction, Management and People Strategic direction of the Secretariat Planning, monitoring and evaluation ICT/financial management Human resources Appendices 1. The Commonwealth and its members 2. Secretariat structure and senior staff 3. Rates of contribution and programme budgets 4. Resource allocations by programme 5. Commonwealth Secretariat partners: 2007-2009 6. Commonwealth Family organisations 7. Commonwealth Secretariat published titles, July 2007- June 2009 Abbreviations The Commonwealth at 60.
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This report covers the work of the 53-nation Commonwealth and its principal intergovernmental organisation, the Commonwealth Secretariat, from July 2007 to June 2009. Over these two years, the Secretariat has carried out its mandate of democracy and development in a robust manner. It has delivered expertise to governments and delivered projects with high added value. The report covers all aspects of the Commonwealth Secretariat's work including strengthening democratic systems, economic, public sector and human development, investment in young people, and partnerships with other organisations. It includes a foreword by Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma and is presented to Commonwealth leaders before their biennial summit in Trinidad and Tobago in November 2009.
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• Einleitung
• Ebenen der Blockade
• Vom Wollen und Wählen
• Interessen von heute gegen die von morgen : Standortwettbewerb und der Kampf um Arbeitsplätze
• "Reform" als Drohung : der Neoliberalismus hat den Wandel diskreditiert
• Kapitalismus allein zu Haus : System ohne Aufsicht, Wirtschaft ohne Weitsicht, Eliten ohne Rücksicht
• Die Finanzkrise und die Krise Europas
• Starke Lobby, schwache Lobby : Organisierte Interessen und schwache Demokratie
• Vierte Gewalt und die Macht über die Köpfe : Medien und der Kampf um Deutung
• Selbstblockade Politikverdruss
• Auf Dauer nur sauber : 9 Milliarden Menschen auf einem Planeten
• Menschen im Treibhaus
• Versaute Böden und knappe Nahrung
• Auf dem Trockenen
• Das große Aussterben
• Chili, Baby, Chili! : Rohstoffe und was sie uns kosten
• Zu große Fußstapfen
• Sehenden Auges in die falsche Richtung? : Wissen ist nicht Politik
• Eigenwert der Natur oder Interesse des Menschen
• Natur versus Umwelt
• Ökologischer Materialismus : wir haben nur zu gewinnen und nichts zu verlieren!
• Auf Dauer nur gerecht : 9 Milliarden Menschen auf einem Weltmarkt
• Das Zerreißen der Gesellschaft
• Welt-Markt-Welt : die zweite große Aufgabe unserer Zeit
• Ungleichheit im alten Westen
• Globalisierung spaltet : Globalisierung gleicht an
• Spannung zwischen Demokratie und Kapitalismus
• Ungleiche Verteilung führt zu Schuldenwirtschaft und Finanzkrisen
• Wozu Ungleichheit gut sein kann und was sie sonst noch anrichtet
• Können wir immer weiter wachsen?
• Was noch weiter wachsen muss
• Entkopplung : wir sollten wachsen können : nicht müssen
• Durchbrach zu einem grünen und gerechten Land : Politik für die Transformation
• Klimaschutz vorantreiben
• Energiewende durchziehen
• Wärme sparen und Verkehr wenden
• Agrarwende beschleunigen!
• Finanzmarkt erden
• Exportweltmeister mit Investitionsschwäche
• Was wir kommenden Generationen wirklich schulden
• Warum wir für uns selbst kämpfen, wenn wir für Europa kämpfen
• Globale Risiken, Europas Chancen, Deutschlands Verantwortung
• Blockaden lösen : eine Strategie für Veränderung
• Ökologie ist Gerechtigkeit
• Politisieren statt Predigen
• Verlierer sind Blockierer
• Konfrontation wagen
• Aus den Erfolgen der Vergangenheit lernen
• Schwarz-Gelb oder GroKo : Welchen Stillstand hätten Sie denn gerne?
• Gesellschaftliche Lager und Arbeitsteilung in einer Koalition
• Gefahr von rechts
• Ampel-Gehampel
• Von hinten durch die Brust ins Auge? Schwarz-Grün
• Grün für Linksabbieger : Rot-Grün-Rot
• Schlussbetrachtung
• Textnachweise
• Endnoten.

• Kurzfassung
• Abstract
• Nachhaltige Entwicklung : neues und altes Schlüsselthema
• Einführung
• Begriffsrahmung
• Übersicht
• Divergierende Interpretationsansätze
• Messbarkeit der Nachhaltigkeitsziele
• Indikatorisierung
• Begriff des Indiktors
• Deutsche Indiktoren-Sets
• Aktuelle Diskussion der nachhaltigen Entwicklung
• Genese der Agenda
• Millenniumsgipfel von 2000
• UN-Bericht 2014 zu den Millenniums-Entwicklungsziele
• Millenniums-Erklärung
• Millenniumsziele
• Rio+20-Gipfel
• Einführung
• Abschlusserklärung
• Bekenntnis zur "Grünen Ökonomie"
• Kritik an den Ergebnissen von Rio+20
• Open Working Group
• High-level Panel
• Synthesebericht des UN-Generalsekretärs
• Endgültige Fassung der 2030 Agenda
• Internationale Verhandlungen
• Final Draft : Endgültige Entwicklungsagenda
• Kritische Anmerkungen
• Beteiligung der EU am 2030 Agenda-Prozess
• Beteiligung Deutschlands am Post-25-Agenda-Prozess
• Unterschied zwischen verkündeter und realer Politik
• Positionspapier der deutschen Bundesregierung
• Bundestagsdrucksache "Agenda für den Wandel zu nachhaltiger Entwicklung
• Aufnahme des Nachhaltigkeitsgebots in das Recht
• Vorbemerkungen
• Verfassung
• Umweltrecht
• Reformdiskussion
• Integration der Nachhaltigkeit in das deutsche Recht
• Positionen der Wissenschaft
• Nachhaltigkeits-Politik in Europa und Deutschland
• Europäische Nachhaltigkeitspolitik
• Die Europäische Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie von 2001
• Revidierte Nachhaltigkeitstrategie von 2006
• Fortschrittsberichte der Kommission
• Nachhaltigkeitspolitik der Bundesrepublik
• Übersicht
• Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie und Fortschrittsberichte
• Nachhaltigkeitsziel 15 : Nachhaltiges Landmanagement
• Landmanagement in der Agenda
• Kritik
• Landmanagement in anderen Kontexten
• Steuerung der nachhaltigen Entwicklung
• Einführende Bemerkungen
• Steuerung durch New-Governance
• Ersetzung des klassischen Steuerungsmodells
• Neues Steuerungsmodell
• Kritik
• Weiterentwicklung des Instrumentariums
• Steuerung durch den Markt
• Übersicht
• Sichtweise des Neoliberalismus
• Globalisierung und Neoliberalismus
• Kritik
• Steuerung der nachhaltigen Entwicklung durch Planung
• Umfassende Planungskonzepte
• Umfassende Nachhaltigkeitsplanungen
• Steuerung durch die Rechtsordnung
• Einführende Überlegungen
• Funktionen des Rechts
• Vorherrschaft des Ordnungsrechts
• Recht als Innovation
• Neue Nachhaltigkeitsziele.

• Was heisst "nachhaltiges Weltregieren"?
• Wie die Welt n i c h t regiert werden kann
• Der Umgang mit Verschiedenheit
• Der Streit um Gerechtigkeit
• Die Verbannung des Krieges
• Macht, Markt, Moral und Recht
• Wer macht was? : Akteure und Institutionen im nachhaltigen Weltregieren
• Keine Nachhaltigkeit ohne aktive Zivilgesellschaft!

This collection is drawn from a recent Global Political conference held to mark the centenary of the birth of Harold Innis, Canada's most important political economist. Throughout his life, Innis was concerned with topics which remain central to political ecology today, such as the link between culture and nature, the impact of humanity on the environment and the role of technology and communications. In this volume, the contributors address environmental issues which Innes was concerened with, from a contemporary, political economy perspective. They explore a wide range of themes and issues including: sustainability risk and regulation population growth planetary management. Case studies provide further insight into issues such as industrial racism, women and development and collective action.
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This collection addresses environmental issues from a contemporary political economy perspective. Put together in honour of Harold Innis, Canada's most important political economist, the papers explore issues which concerned him, and which continue to be central to political ecology today, such as the link between culture and nature, the impact of humanity on the environment and the role of technology and communications. Other key issues covered include: sustainability risk and regulation population growth global warming planetary management. Case studies provide further insight into issues such as industrial racism, women and development and collective action.
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• I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICAL THEORY AS A FIELD OF INQUIRY -- A. ENGAGING TRADITIONS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT -- B. ENGAGING THE ACADEMY -- III. RETHINKING NATURE AND POLITICAL SUBJECTS -- A. NATURE, ENVIRONMENT, AND THE POLITICAL -- B. ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNITY, AND BOUNDARIES -- IV. ENDS, GOALS, IDEALS -- A. SUSTAINABILITY -- B. JUSTICE, RIGHTS, AND RESPONSIBILITY -- C. FREEDOM, AGENCY, AND FLOURISHING -- V. POWER, STRUCTURES, AND CHANGE -- A. IDENTIFYING STRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS AND POSSIBILITIES -- B. THEORIZING CITIZENSHIP, MOVEMENTS, AND ACTION.
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Set at the intersection of political theory and environmental politics, yet with broad engagement across the environmental social sciences and humanities, The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Political Theory, defines, illustrates, and challenges the field of environmental political theory (EPT). Featuring contributions from distinguished political scientists working in this field, this volume addresses canonical theorists and contemporary environmental problems with a diversity of theoretical approaches. The initial volume focuses on EPT as a field of inquiry, engaging both traditions of political thought and the academy. In the second section, the handbook explores conceptualizations of nature and the environment, as well as the nature of political subjects, communities, and boundaries within our environments. A third section addresses the values that motivate environmental theorists - including justice, responsibility, rights, limits, and flourishing - and the potential conflicts that can emerge within, between, and against these ideals. The final section examines the primary structures that constrain or enable the achievement of environmental ends, as well as theorizations of environmental movements, citizenship, and the potential for on-going environmental action and change.
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• Towards a corrupt free sustainable development and challenges for good governance and prosperity in Nigeria / Anyim Pius Anyim
• Welcome address presented at the Mid-Term International Conference organised by International Political Science Association (IPSA) RC4 in association with Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU) Awka, with the support of African Centre for Democratic Governance (AFRIGOV) / Pita Ejiofor
• Key note address / R.B. Jain
• Channeling greed towards the public interest / Stuart Nagel
• Public service ethics in Nigeria's local government system / Remi Aiyede
• Capitalist ethos and counter corruption policies in Nigeria / Okonete Ekanem
• Social security question and corruption in Nigeria / Ifeanyi Onyeonoru and Emmanuel A. Fayankinnu
• Tackling corruption in public services : the prospects for India in the 21st century / Rajalakshmi Mishra
• Public sector (mis)management and the quest for good governance in Nigeria : the case of the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) / Antonia T. Simbine
• Emerging paradigms, prognosis, and sustainable development : the case of privatization in developing societies / Godwin Onu
• Internalizing effectiveness and accountability for the public good : strategic choices for public sector bureaucracies in Africa / Festus C. Nze and Anayo Nkamnebe
• Ethical measures for efficient and corruption free public administration in Nigeria : a critical appraisal / William Ehwarieme
• Bureaucratic corruption and anti-corruption strategies in Nigeria, 1976-2001 / Kunle Ajayi
• Corruption and the political economy of sustainability transition in Africa / Obidimma, I.O. Onyemelukwe
• The Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and the quest for the sanitization of the public service in Nigeria : an exploration of its feasibility / Nuhu O. Yaqub
• Forms and incidence of corruption in the present day dispensation in Nigeria : implications for counselling / C.A. Nwankwo
• Combating corruption in India : the role of civil society / Sunil Sondhi
• Good governance and economic liberalisation : the reform of public enterprises in India / Sandeep Shastri
• Administrative regime for corruption free sustainable development : a study in the context of liberalization policy in the Rajasthan State, India / P.S. Bhatnagar
• Corruption and productivity in the public services of Third World countries : the challenge of good governance in Nigeria / Onyema Nnadozie
• Mediating encounters : corruption and the Nigerian state / Musa Abutudu
• Public policy and accountability factor in the implementation of Universal Basic Education (UBE) scheme in Nigeria / C.C. Okeke
• The phenomenon of corruption and the challenges of democratic consolidation in Nigeria : a prognosis / Emmanuel O. Ojo
• Impact of democratization on the public bureaucracy in Nigeria : a study of recruitment and promotion in the civil service of Anambra State / Okechukwu Ibeanu, Franca Epueke, and Francis Ikenga
• Corruption and socio-political development in Nigeria : causes and solutions / Mike Oddih
• Values and ethics of public responsibility / E.A. Egboh.

• Preface-- Introduction-- A Visionary for Our Time-- The Forging of His Conscience-- Satyagraha, American-style-- Prison -- His Monastery & University-- Marriage & the Movement-- Toward an Economics of Peace-- New Roots for Economics-- Threshold in the Berkshires-- Endnotes-- Index.
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Bigger has turned out not to be better. Servicing the global economy has exacted a heavy toll in the erosion of our communities and the destruction of our environment. Increasingly, we are coming to realize that the way forward looks a lot like the way back-back to strong local economies; back to resilient, tight-knit communities; back to the land and work that is real. As we chart our course through these uncertain times, we are hungry for inspiration. Robert Swann was a self-taught economist, a tireless champion of decentralism, and the father of the relocalization movement. A conscientious war resistor imprisoned for his beliefs, Bob Swann engaged in lifelong nonviolent direct action against war, racism, and economic inequity. His legacy is a vision of a life-affirming, alternative economy of peace founded on innovations in land and monetary reform. Swann's story is also the untold history of decentralism in the United States. He associated with a constellation of vital, intelligent, independent authors and activists, and ultimately co-founded the Schumacher Society based on the philosophies of Small Is Beautiful author E. F. Schumacher. Swann forged tools to build productive, resilient local and regional economies. Now as global industrial civilization flails in the throes of ecological and economic crisis, Swann's working innovations are at the ready to help neighborhoods, local entrepreneurs, and willing communities rebuild at appropriate scales. Stephanie Mills is an author, teacher, practicing bioregionalist, and fellow of the Post-Carbon Institute. She has written numerous books, including Whatever Happened to Ecology?
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• Rethinking the Third World-- neo-realism-- critical theory-- environmental/ecological philosophies and security-- engaging with other fields and disciplines-- security and development-- security and sustainable development.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)9781855675384 20160527

Security has long been a central organizing concept of international relations. Until the 1980s, students of the discipline understood its simple essence in terms of arms races and balances of power. However, the issues have changed considerably in the 1990s, and this text aims to help students understand these changes. Many attempts have been made to redefine the concept, leading to a proliferation of terms such as true security, global security, common security and environmental security, but there has been little precision associated with the use of these terms which have often been used in confusing and contradictory ways. In attempting to help students deal with the confusion, this book seeks to outline the theoretical tools at the disposal of students for their own rethinking of security. These tools offer innovative ways of looking at a central concept of the discipline. It outlines some of these alternatives in the context of the third world, which, it is argued, has been neglected by the traditional conceptualization of security.
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• Preface and Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Chapter 1. The Problem of Local Ownership of Peacebuilding Chapter 2. The Changing Practice of International Peacebuilding Chapter 3. The Historical and Social Impetus for Local Ownership in Afghanistan Chapter 4. The Dilemmas of Foreign Ownership Chapter 5. The Dilemmas of Afghan Ownership Chapter 6. Conflict Transformation and 'Ownership' Dilemmas: A Systems Approach Bibliography.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)9780739181560 20160612

The international community has followed up its 2001 invasion of Afghanistan with a complex, multi-faceted peacebuilding project. However, informed observers believe that this Western-led mission in Afghanistan has failed to address the inherent peacebuilding needs of Afghanistan and has hindered the formation of a locally experienced sustainable peace. In response, emerging peacebuilding theories and rhetoric have pointed to an urgent need for revised peacebuilding paradigms and strategies that hold local, Afghan ownership of peacebuilding activities as a central concern. This book responds to this need for revised peacebuilding paradigms and: (1) introduces the topic of local ownership of peacebuilding in Afghanistan; (2) surveys current shifts in peacebuilding theory and practice that are only starting to be realized on the ground; (3) sets the context for a discussion of local ownership of peacebuilding; (4) reports on the perceptions of foreign and Afghan peacebuilding leaders working in Afghanistan in regards to the journey towards local ownership of peacebuilding; and (5) suggests the creation of a locally designed and led conflict transformation system that might help restructure local-foreign relations and advance the journey towards Afghan ownership of peacebuilding.
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• Introduction Chapter 1. The United Nations * The Legacy of Dag Hammarskjold * A Girl Born Today in Afghanistan * Unhealable Wounds: The Colleagues We Lost in Iraq * Pushing Rocks to the Top of the Mountain * Five Lessons Chapter 2. Development and the Global Community * The Emerging Power of Civil Society * A Global Compact with Business * Peace and Development * Global Market, Global Values * We the Peoples * Leadership is Coming from Women * Climate Change-An All-Encompassing Threat Chapter 3. Peace and Security * Preventing Deadly Conflict * The Use of Force * Cool and Reasoned Judgement * The Importance of Multilateralism * A Fork in the Road * Democracy, Terrorism, and Security * Non-Proliferation and Disarmament-Two Sides of a Coin Chapter 4. Human Rights * Against Racism * "The Very Heart of the UN's Mission" * "The Battle Is Never Finally Won" Chapter 5. Peacekeeping and Peaccebuilding * Swords into Ploughshares: The 50th Anniversary of UN Peacekeeping * What We Have Learnt Chapter 6. Africa * Africa's Third Wave * AIDS and Africa's Future * From OAU to African Union * An Exciting Time to Be an African Chapter 7. The Middle East * Israel and the United Nations * Following Sadat's Example * The Tragedy of Lebanon * Not Just a Regional Conflict Chapter 8. Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect * The International Criminal Court * On Intervention * An Emerging Norm * Two Concepts of Sovereignty * An Action Plan to Prevent Genocide * Remembering the Holocaust Chapter 9. The Value of Diversity * A Dialogue among and within Societies * Unity in Diversity * "The Faith We Must Have in Each Other" * "Naming Evil" * "A Small Confession".
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)9781612055589 20160614

During his momentous time as Secretary-General of the UN, Kofi Annan played a decisive role in launching the Millennium Development Goals, establishing the International Criminal Court, and articulating the Responsibility to Protect as a guiding principle for international action. In 2001 - just after 9/11 - he and the UN jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize, 'for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world.' These and other crucial events - including the crises over Kosovo and East Timor, and the war in Iraq - are encapsulated in this book of Kofi Annan's key speeches from throughout his term of office. The selection gives a broad view of Annan's most pressing concerns, and the eloquence with which he addressed them. Covering subjects from development, health, and climate change to the prevention of genocide and the ideal of diversity, these statements show how deeply involved the UN was in the most important issues of the era. We the Peoples is a timely and much-needed reminder of Annan's ideas and priorities; his words on war, peace, humanity, and 'man's inhumanity to man' still resonate today. This book will offer many pointers for maintaining and developing the UN as a vital instrument for humanity in the coming decades.
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• The United Nations
• Development and the global community
• Peace and security
• Human rights
• Peacekeeping and peace-building
• Africa
• The Middle East
• Prevention of genocide and the responsibility to protect
• The value of diversity.

During his momentous time as Secretary-General of the UN, Kofi Annan played a decisive role in launching the Millennium Development Goals, establishing the International Criminal Court, and articulating the Responsibility to Protect as a guiding principle for international action. In 2001 - just after 9/11 - he and the UN jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize, 'for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world.' These and other crucial events - including the crises over Kosovo and East Timor, and the war in Iraq - are encapsulated in this book of Kofi Annan's key speeches from throughout his term of office. The selection gives a broad view of Annan's most pressing concerns, and the eloquence with which he addressed them. Covering subjects from development, health, and climate change to the prevention of genocide and the ideal of diversity, these statements show how deeply involved the UN was in the most important issues of the era. We the Peoples is a timely and much-needed reminder of Annan's ideas and priorities; his words on war, peace, humanity, and 'man's inhumanity to man' still resonate today. This book will offer many pointers for maintaining and developing the UN as a vital instrument for humanity in the coming decades.
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• Preface. 1. Amaratya Sen and Sustainability "Timothy W. Luke" 2. Rawlsian Justice in a Common Globe "Aaron James "3. Deliberative Communication for Sustainability? A Habermas-Inspired Pluralistic Approach "Tomas Englund, Johan A-hman and Leif A-stman" 4. Dworkin and the Appeal of Theory "Stephen Guest "5. Nozick on Security and Sustainability "Christopher Winch" 6. Hayekian Liberalism and Sustainable Development "Mark Pennington" 7. Engaging Tradition: Michael Oakeshott on Liberal Learning "Hanan Alexander" 8. Liberalism, Sustainability, Security, Learning: Framing the Issues "Stephen Gough and Andrew Stables. "Contributors. Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)9780415955829 20160527

Much of the world will be living in broadly 'liberal' societies for the foreseeable future. Sustainability and security, however defined, must therefore be considered in the context of such societies, yet there is very little significant literature that does so. Indeed, much ecologically-oriented literature is overtly anti-liberal, as have been some recent responses to security concerns. This book explores the implications for sustainability and security of a range of intellectual perspectives on liberalism, such as those offered by John Rawls, Robert Nozick, Frederick Hayek, Ronald Dworkin, Michael Oakeshott, Amartya Sen and Jurgen Habermas.
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• Acknowledgements-- Opening Note-- Clarity-- 1. The Straightjacket: peeling away the layers-- elections plus a market... that's democracy?-- lizzie's lessons-- thin democracy's pitfalls-- deeper dangers-- humility and hope-- 2. New Eyes: goodness of or in human nature?-- an ecology of democracy, five qualities-- a premise of plenty, a spiral of hope-- 3. What Democracy Feels Like: nine dimensions, some glimpses-- why now? four revolutions-- Creativity-- 4. Power Invisible: one choice we don't have-- mirrors in our brain-- power isn't a four-letter word-- relational power's under-appreciated sources-- drops count-- 5. The Art Of Power: democracy's arts-- the power of simply listening-- conflict as creative-- kids learn conflict is okay-- 6. Talking Democracy: globalization or global corporate power?-- free market-free trade or fair market-fair trade?-- regulations or standards?-- consumers or buyers?-- Courage-- 7. Seize the Moment: a downward spin-- a rude shock-- 8. When Fear Means Go: fear as pure energy-- fear and conflict-- as it is-- old thoughts, new thoughts-- inner applause-- 9. Sanity in Motion: claiming our sanity-- protection-- a cautionary tale, the dangers of good intentions-- on issues versus entry points-- an internal checklist-- bold humility-- knowing-- An Invitation-- Questions to Spark Talk and Action-- Recommended Reading-- Endnotes-- Index-- Books from the Small Planet Institute-- Ideas-- Idea 1: Thin Democracy vs. Living Democracy-- Idea 2: We All Have Public Lives-- Idea 3: Rethinking Power-- Idea 4: Ten Arts of Democracy-- Idea 5: Toward a Language of Democracy-- Idea 6: The Inner World of Living Democracy-- Idea 7: Seven Ways to Rethink Fear-- Idea 8: Living Democracy's Checklist.
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"Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity & Courage in a World Gone Mad" is a little book with a big message. Frances Moore Lappe - author of fifteen books, including three-million copy bestseller "Diet for a Small Planet" - distills her world-spanning experience and wisdom in a conversational yet hard-hitting style. She affirms readers' basic sanity - their intuitive knowledge that it is possible to stop grasping at straws and grasp the real roots of today's crises, from hunger and poverty to climate change and terrorism. Because we are creatures of the mind, says Lappe, it is the power of 'frame' - our core assumptions about how the world works - that determines outcomes.She pinpoints the dominant failing frame now driving our planet toward disaster. By interweaving fresh insights, startling facts, and stirring vignettes of ordinary people pursuing creative solutions to our most pressing global problems, Lappe uncovers a new, empowering 'frame' through which real solutions are emerging worldwide. She writes: 'My book's intent is to enable us to see what is happening all around us but is still invisible to most of us. It is about people in all walks of life who are penetrating the spiral of despair and reversing it with new ideas, ingenious innovation - and courage'.
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• Tables-- Abbreviations-- Foreword-- Preface-- Acknowledgements-- 1. Introduction-- 2. Autocracy and Dissent in Colonial Congo-- 3. Cold War and Personal Rule-- 4. The Rise and Fall of the Sacred Union-- 5. The 1996-97 Rebellion and Mobutu's Fall from Power-- 6. The Anti-Kabila Revolt and Its Consequences-- 7. Summary and Conclusions-- Bibliography-- Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)9780773460348 20160527

This work traces the remote origins of Congo's current national predicament and the people's protracted quest for democracy and social justice. The first part of the book provides an account of the political history of modern Congo which sets the context for the second part, an in-depth discussion of the interplay of internal and external forces in Congo and their impact on the politics of democratic transition in the country from 1990 through early 2000s. Arguing that recent popular resistance against political dictatorship in Congo builds on a longstanding tradition, the author offers critical analysis of post-Cold War configuration of pro-democracy forces (or the appearance thereof) inside the country and at the global level, which compelled President Mobutu to inaugurate political reform in April 1990. Against this backdrop, the author assesses the roles played by the Sovereign National Conference (SNC), the transitional institutions established by the SNC, and the Sacred Union of opposition, all of which emerged during the early 1990s in response to the government's decision to lift the ban on partisan political activity. The book concludes with cautious optimism about the prospects for democracy and sustainable economic development in the post-Mobutu Congo and an overview of some of the practical steps that must be taken by the Congolese people and the global community in order to realize these objectives.
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• Acknowledgements-- Introduction-- 1. Towards Post-Cosmopolitanism-- 2. Three Types of Citizenship-- 3. Ecological Citizenship-- 4. Environmental Sustainability in Liberal Societies-- 5. Citizenship, Education, and the Environment-- Conclusion.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)9780199258437 20160527

This is the first book-length treatment of the relationship between citizenship and the environment. Andrew Dobson argues that ecological citizenship cannot be fully articulated in terms of the two great traditions of citizenship - liberal and civic republican - which have been bequeathed to us. He develops an original theory of citizenship, which he calls 'post-cosmopolitan', and argues that ecological citizenship is an example and an inflection of it. Ecological citizenship focuses on duties as well as rights, and these duties are owed, non-reciprocally, by those individuals and communities who occupy unsustainable amounts of ecological space, to those who occupy too little. The first virtue of ecological citizenship is justice, but post-cosmopolitanism follows some feminisms in arguing that care and compassion may be required to meet its special obligations. Dobson suggests that ecological citizenship's conception of political space is not the state or the municipality, or the ideal speech community of cosmopolitanism, but the 'ecological footprint'.Most governments around the world have signed up to sustainable development, and they cannot afford to ignore ecological citizenship as a means of getting there. Government policies usually revolve around financial sticks and carrots, but these leave people uncommitted to the idea of sustainability and only to the rewards that are attached to it. Dobson contrasts citizenship with fiscal incentives as a way of encouraging people to act more sustainably, in the belief that the former is more compatible with the long-term and deeper shifts of attitude and behaviour that sustainability requires. Both citizenship and sustainability, though, are often viewed with suspicion in liberal societies because they refuse to accept the inviolability of individual preferences. Dobson therefore offers an original account of the relationship between liberalism and sustainability, arguing that the former's commitment to a plurality of conceptions of the good entails a commitment to so-called 'strong' forms of the latter. How to make an ecological citizen?Dobson examines the potential of formal high school citizenship education programmes through a case study of the recent implementation of the compulsory citizenship curriculum in the UK. He concludes that the Department of Education and Skills has constructed a Trojan horse capable of kick-starting ecological citizenship, if teachers are willing and able to travel in it. This book will be of interest to those working in the fields of environmental political theory, citizenship, globalisation, cosmopolitanism, liberalism, and citizenship education.
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Andrew Dobson argues that ecological citizenship cannot be fully articulated in terms of the two great traditions of citizenship - liberal and civic republican - with which we have been bequeathed. He develops an original theory of citizenship, which he calls "post-cosmopolitan", and argues that ecological citizenship is an example and an inflection of it. Ecological citizenship focuses on duties as well as rights, and these duties are owed non-reciprocally, by those individuals and communities who occupy unsustainable amounts of ecological space, to those who occupy too little. The first virtue of ecological citizenship is justice, but post-cosmopolitanism follows some feminisms in arguing that care and compassion may be required to meet its special obligations. Dobson suggests that ecological citizenship's conception of political space is not the state or the municipality, or the ideal speech community of cosmopolitanism, but the "ecological footprint".
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• Vorwort [von Anne Rüffer]
• Überblick
• Der Ist-Zustand der globalen Zusammenarbeit
• Soll-Zustand
• Mittelverwendung : Welche Ziele bringt das Weltkonto konkret voran?
• Mittelverwaltung : Welche Art von Weltkonto kann in kurzer Zeit tatsächlich funktionieren?
• Mittelherkunft : wie finanziert sich das Weltkonto?
• Dank
• Umfrage
• Anhang
• Anmerkungen
• Bildnachweis.

Global power structures are changing. The United States and Europe are losing ground, as countries such as China and India increase their global reach. At the same time that new global players emerge, multinational corporations, global civil society organizations, and international media carve out their own spaces in international affairs. How will these changes impact the legitimacy of the United Nations? In Shared Responsibility, Carsten Staur examines the ability of the UN to combine its normative functions - defining global objectives, rules, and standards - with practical assistance for its 193 member states. Staur focuses on transformative global challenges, where the UN has the potential to play a critical role in assisting vulnerable countries in the aftermath of conflict, in further developing the concept of "responsibility to protect, " in creating a more forceful system of accountability for mass atrocity crimes, and in re-launching sustainable development as the future's principal global development approach and as the basis for dealing effectively with both climate change and the responsible management of global resources. An insider's look at the UN, Shared Responsibility details the problems faced by the United Nations and presents solutions for the organization to remain relevant, legitimate, and action-oriented in the twenty-first century.
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• pt. 1. Corruption, crime and economic growth. ch. 1. Introduction / R. N. Ghosh and M. A. B. Siddique
• ch. 2. Some quantitative measures of corruption / R. N. Ghosh and M. A. B. Siddique
• ch. 3. Using the release of information as an indicator of government transparency / Andrew Williams
• ch. 4. Deliberative democracy, global green information system and spirituality / Dora Marinova, Vladislav Todorov and Amzad Hossain
• pt. 2. Seleted case studies. ch. 5. Governance, institutions and corruption: Negative sovereignty in Africa / Derek H. Aldcroft
• ch. 6. Corruption in Bangladesh: Review and analysis / M. A. B. Siddique
• ch. 7. Restoring sustainable governance in Bangladesh / Amzad Hossain and Dora Marinova
• ch. 8. Crime, corruption and economic growth - A study in Indian perspective / Gautam M. Chakrabarti
• ch. 9. Comparative crime and corruption in different Indian states in the context of economic development / Surajit Kar Purkayastha
• ch. 10. A certain uncertainty; Assessment of court decisions in tackling corruption in Indonesia / Rimawan Pradiptyo
• ch. 11. Does governance reform in a democratic transition country reduce the risk of corruption? Evidence from Indonesia / Budi Setiyono
• pt. 3. Conclusion and policy implications. ch. 12. Conclusion: Good governance and sustainable development / M. A. B. Siddique and R. N. Ghosh.

Corruption, Good Governance and Economic Development adopts a non-Eurocentric approach towards good governance issues in Asia and Africa on practical and theoretical levels. Edited by R. N. Ghosh and M. A. B. Siddique, this volume features contributions from distinguished scholars and policy makers who examine whether there is any correlation between the level of corruption in a country and its rate of economic change. These chapters are the outcome of major papers that were presented in conferences on the topic of "Good Governance and Economic Development" presented in Australia and India in June and December 2009 respectively, and it is hoped that they will bridge the gap in the area of good governance from a non-Western perspective in existing development literature.

• Schwarz-grüne Perspektiven / Stephan Pernkopf
• Damals war jetzt / Lukas Mandl
• Umherschweifende Teilchenbeschleuniger / Claus Pándi
• Eine Episode / Andreas Koller
• Schwarz-Grün / Barbara Tóth
• Keine Eurofighter, kein Schmiergeld-Sumpf / Hubert Wachter
• Zehn Jahre Schwarz-Grün / Alexander van der Bellen
• Die doppelte Wende / Michael Schuster
• Eine vertane Chance? / Josef Riegler
• Mehr Mitte, bitte! / Harald Mahrer
• Autorenporträts.

Updated and revised following the 2004 elections, "The Last Refuge" describes the current state of American politics against the backdrop of mounting ecological and social problems, the corrosive influence of money, the corruption of language, and the misuse of terrorism as a political issue. Setting out an agenda that transcends conventional ideological labels, David Orr contends that partisan wrangling is only a symptom of a deeper dysfunction: The whole political machinery that connects Americans' fundamentally honorable ideals with public policy is broken. The book offers a withering critique of the failings of the Bush administration, supplemented by new essays that look at the national-level dominance of the Republican Party and examine the fallacy that the evangelical right represents a Christian majority. After analyzing the challenges of reforming the current system, Orr offers an empowering vision of a second American Revolution that peaceably achieves sustainability and charts a hopeful course for forward-looking citizens.
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• DEVELOPMENTAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN COMPARATIVE CONTEXT -- Continuities and discontinuities in South African local government-- Developmental local government: Squaring the circle between policy intent and impact-- Local governance and the politics of sustainability-- From spheres to tiers: Conceptions of local government in South Africa in the period 1994-2006-- Rural local governance-- Local democracy and development in comparative perspective. II. STRATEGIC PRIORITIES OF DEVELOPMENTAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT -- The emergence and endurance of an evolving human settlements imaginary-- Reframing urban passenger transport as a strategic priority for developmental local government-- Social development: And imperative for local government-- The implications of HIV/AIDS for local governance and sustainable municipal service delivery-- Institutional arrangements for local economic development implementation in South Africa-- Key themes and trends in municipal finance in South Africa. III. TOOLS AND REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS OF DEVELOPMENTAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT -- The origins and outcomes of South Africa's Integrated Development Plans-- Intergovernmental delivery in municipal areas: Reflections on current practice-- Tools and trade-offs in environmental decision-making-- Local government planning legal frameworks and regulatory tools: vital signs?-- Urban land use regulation in the context of developmental local government-- Municipal entities: A panacea for service delivery constraints?-- The distribution of power: Local government and electricity distribution industry reforms. IV. INSTITUTIONAL MODELS OF DEVELOPMENTAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT -- Political systems and capacity issues-- Participatory mechanisms and community politics: Building consensus and conflict-- Beyond Cooption and Protest: Reflections on the FEDUP Alternative-- A case study of community participation in governance and service delivery in the City of Johannesburg-- Democratisation with inclusion: Revisiting the role of ward committees-- Rolling back the spatial barriers to socio-economic development: Experiences from the demarcation of district and local municipalities-- Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)9781919895048 20160528

This book documents the dynamics of local government transformation and captures the key themes of the debates about policy options, lessons and key strategic decisions. These debates are aimed at ensuring that municipalities play a key role in creating more democratic, non-racial, equitable and sustainable communities, towns and cities. Compiled and written by people who participated in one way or another in the experience of democratic consolidation, this text will be an indispensable resource for government officials, students, researchers, specialists, community leaders, businesses and the general reader. Critical questions are raised throughout the book about the kinds of challenges that all those involved with the future of local governance will face in the years ahead.
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• Conceptual foundations
• Crisis and cognition
• Systems theory and its implications
• The crises
• Peak oil and hydrocarbon resource depletion
• Global warming and climate change : wind and weather
• Global warming and climate change II : oceans, waters and ices
• Famine, disease, and pestilence
• Political failure and economic collapse
• Propaganda, betrayal, and war
• Unholy union : church, corporation, and state
• The big picture
• Seeking change.

• 1. The New International Environment: Changing the Unchanged-- -- 2. Stereotypes on Development-- -- 3. . How Statesmen and International Organizations View the Challenges of Globalization-- -- 4. India: The Multi Faced Nation State-- -- 5. The Facets of India's Rurality-- -- 6. Adapting to Globalization or Fighting it? The Politics of the Local and ICT-- -- 7. Environmentalism in the World-- -- 8. Policies for the Environment-The Story of India-- -- 9. Leaders, Markets and Values: Neo-Malthusian Discourses-- -- 10. Compensating For Lost Resources. Do They Work?-- -- 11. Multilateral Environmental Agreements: The Scourge of Instrumentalism-- -- 12. Civil Society, Non-civil Society, Non-governmental Organizations, and Environment and Trade-- -- 13. Restructuring International Regimes for Global Sustainable Development-- -- 14. Diversity as the Lodestar of Global Environmental Governance.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)9780198066750 20160618

The volume discusses global commons against the complex global political relations. It explores the nature of the global economic crisis, the search for finding a solution to the climate change problem, and efforts to conserve biodiversity in their centres of origin. The narratives from within India-the desert terrains of Rajasthan, the hills of Darjeeling, and the Western Ghats-reach across the borders to the world of industrial complexes in the North that produce and spew chemicals for disposal and re-use in the South , the soft belly of the globe.
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This publication features a selection of speeches delivered by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during his tenure from 2006 to 2016, a decade that has witnessed considerable upheaval and transformation. The most important issues of our time are addressed in this volume, ranging from international peace and security to sustainable development, climate change to disarmament, humanitarian action to human rights, justice and the rule of law, and the empowerment of women and girls and of the new generations. This collection of speeches provides vital insights into our rapidly changing world and of the multiple challenges facing humanity today.
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• Le diagnostic: les trois voies de la liberté -- La recherche : la quête de connaissances -- Le grand tournant "culturel" des années 1970 -- Les apports d'un mouvement associatif pionnier -- De nouveaux horizons pour la recherche -- La société civile: la quête de sens -- Une histoire américaine -- Un "melting-pot" de valeurs -- Le mouvement est lancé -- Une histoire française -- Évolutions et continuités en quête d'une recherche impliquée -- Une longue et difficile confrontation -- Le film accéléré des années 1970 -- Au-delà des contingences historiques -- Une "nébuleuse" verte -- Le politique : la quête de paix -- Lenteurs et partis pris de l'État régalien -- Une alliance à inventer -- La "longue marche" est commencée -- Un terrain de prédilection pour le mouvement associatif -- Conscience avec science -- Science avec conscience -- Pour une transition écologique juste. Voix citoyennes croisées -- Un diagnostic partagé -- Quelles perspectives pour l'action associative ? -- La démocratie en question -- Les raisons d'une remise en cause -- Des pistes pour des solutions -- Un impératif -- Pour une citoyenneté associative -- L'associationnisme : une exigence pour la démocratie -- Repères pour un développement solidaire -- Le social et l'environnemental : même combat -- Inventer un nouveau mode de vie -- La solidarité comme horizon -- Un monde unifié -- De l'assistance au partenariat -- Du bon usage de la connaissance -- La cible majeure : l'innovation -- Les voies d'une "démocratie technique" -- Une recherche pour la transition -- Multiplier les "fronts" de recherche -- Un nouveau regard sur la recherche -- De nouvelles voies d'accès à des connaissances pour l'action -- Les mots, outils de combat -- Une référence pour l'action associative ? -- Un mot-force pour le débat démocratique ? -- Un mot-force pour la transition ? -- Un concept pour l'analyse des luttes sociales ? -- Pour ne pas conclure -- Postface - la démocratie en question face à la crise -- Ecologique - Bruno Villalba (agroparistech, ceraps) -- Post-scriptum.

"Notre époque fait le grand écart entre des connaissances ouvrant sur une utopie galopante et d'autres annonciatrices d'un abîme lié au modèle de développement qui domine le monde. La contradiction est béante. Un terme, celui de "transition écologique", est mobilisé, qui fait office de mot d'ordre pour la résoudre. Puisant dans l'histoire des deux siècles hérités de ladite "Révolution industrielle", Marcel Jollivet esquisse le chemin de la prise de conscience des risques que l'humanité encourt en raison de ses agissements. Il en ressort l'importance du rôle que la société civile et la recherche ont joué dans cette prise de conscience. La radicalité des mutations sociétales à accomplir fait que la transition qui s'impose ne sera "écologique", au sens strict du terme, que si elle est appropriée par les citoyens. Il faut pour cela qu'advienne une véritable "démocratie technique et écologique participative". Cet avènement ne se produira que s'il est imposé par une mobilisation des forces vives de la société civile qui en portent le projet. En tant que participant de ces forces vives, les chercheurs ont tout particulièrement à s'interroger sur leur façon d'y contribuer. L'approfondissement du dialogue entre eux et la "société civile organisée" est la cheville ouvrière de la mobilisation nécessaire."--P. [4] of cover.

• Introduction: Concepts and principles
• Historical background : formative phases of international organization during the pre-UN period
• UN involvement with natural resource management at the national and transboundary levels
• Management of the global commons
• The international architecture for environmental governanace and global resource management
• Natural resoures and armed conflict
• The role of the International Court of Justice in the settlement of natural resource disputes
• The UN's conceptual contribution : conclusions and challenges.

Since 1945, the UN has been actively engaged in conceptualizing strategies for both economic development and a sustainable environment. From a broad historical perspective, "Development without Destruction" sketches the role played by organizations and individuals in the UN system in developing and consolidating principles of international law and international governance with respect to natural resource management. Nico Schrijver highlights the UN's efforts to generate and implement strategies to resolve tensions between economic development and environmental protection, conservation and exploitation, sovereignty and internationalism, and armed conflict and peaceful access to natural resources. Schrijver's thorough analysis is an indispensable guide to management of the critical environmental issues on today's global agenda.
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• List of Tables and Figures-- Series Editors' Foreword Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. Weiss-- Foreword-- Acknowledgements-- List of Abbreviations Introduction: Concepts and Principles-- 1. Historical Background: Formative Phases of International Organization during the Pre-UN Period-- 2. UN Involvement with Natural Resource Management at the National and Transboundary Levels-- 3. Management of the Global Commons-- 4. The International Architecture for Environmental Governance and Global Resource Management-- 5. Natural Resources and Armed Conflict-- 6. The Role of the International Court of Justice in the Settlement of Natural Resource Disputes-- 7. The UN's Conceptual Contribution: Conclusions and Challenges Notes-- Index-- About the Authors-- About the Series.
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Since 1945, the UN has been actively engaged in conceptualizing strategies for both economic development and a sustainable environment. From a broad historical perspective, "Development without Destruction" sketches the role played by organizations and individuals in the UN system in developing and consolidating principles of international law and international governance with respect to natural resource management. Nico Schrijver highlights the UN's efforts to generate and implement strategies to resolve tensions between economic development and environmental protection, conservation and exploitation, sovereignty and internationalism, and armed conflict and peaceful access to natural resources. Schrijver's thorough analysis is an indispensable guide to management of the critical environmental issues on today's global agenda.
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• 1. Introduction: From environmental justice to environmental citizenshipPart 1: Rethinking the conceptual landscape of citizenship2. Citizenship, entitlements and obligations3. Obligation and ecological/environmental citizenshipPart 2: The shifting politics of environmental citizenship4. Environmental governance and citizenship in a global context5. Corporate responsibility and environmental sustainability6. Borders, territories and liquid politics - case studies on Niagara, Gibraltar and Thailand7. Insiders and outsiders in environmental mobilizations in Southeast Asia - citizenship generation, NGO campaigns and community-based research8. Cleaner, safer but not always greener - environmental advocacy and responsibility in urban, peri-urban and rural renewal.9. Conclusion: Living and changing by example - the new vocabulary of ecological citizenship.
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This book demonstrates how awareness of environmental hazards, injustices and new forms of risk is only effective when it generates strategies for political change. It examines how environmental movements have become increasingly involved in governance processes at the national, regional and intergovernmental levels, in contexts such as the EU, UN, and LA21 initiatives.The authors argue that while 'rights-discourse' has highlighted the status of specific identities, taking account of obligation prompts a consideration of social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental injustices. Tackling these injustices demands a concern with both entitlements and obligations of all relevant parties and constituencies.Using new evidence and case studies, this book explores:- the new vocabulary of citizenship; how successful environmental policy-making depends on the responsible actions of civil society actors as much as on governments and international treaties; how stakeholding processes and participatory research in environmental decision-making transform deliberation processes and civic engagement; and the increased importance of transnational networks creating public-private and civil strategic partnerships between organizations, NGO activists, ministers, academics, and environmental philosophers all now refer to 'citizenship' as a key concept for understanding environmental justice and responsibility. Using contexts as diverse as Southern Spain, the borderlands of Thailand and South Africa, this book demonstrates how ecological citizenship provides the key link between them through processes of civic engagement.
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• Foreword-- A.Dobson Notes on the Contributors Introduction-- J.Barry & M.Wissenburg PART I: LIBERALISM AND SUSTAINABILITY Sustainability, Liberal Democracy, Liberalism-- M.de Geus Ecological Sustainability: A Private Case of Social Justice?-- G.Talshir PART II: REFORM AND CHANGE Greening Liberal Democracy: Practice, Theory and Political Economy-- J.Barry Democracy and Sustainability: Aspects of Efficiency, Legitimacy and Integration-- N.Labaras Democracy, Justice and Risk Society: The Meaning and Shape of Ecological Democracy-- W.Achterberg PART III: RIGHTS Constitutional Environmental Rights and Liberal Democracy-- T.Hayward Privatising Genetic Resources: Biodiversity, Communities and Intellectual Property Rights-- M.Oksanen Sustainability, Global Warming, Population Policies and Liberal Democracy-- R.Attfield PART IV: DUTIES The Duties of Being and Association-- M.Mills Virtue, Sustainability and Liberal Values-- L.Beckman Sustainability and the Limits of Liberalism-- M.Wissenburg Conclusion-- J.Barry, M.Wissenburg & M.de Geus Bibliography Index.
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Assuming that liberalism, liberal democracy and the free market are here to stay, this book asks how sustainability can be interpreted in ways that respect liberal democratic values and institutions. Among the problems addressed are the compatibility of liberal proceduralism with substansive "green" ideals, the existence and potential of eco-friendly principles and ideas in classical liberal political theory, the role of rights and duties and of democracy and deliberation, and the "greening" potential of modern environmental focused practices in liberal democracies.
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This study asserts that the antimodernist arguments of green movements are the direct descendents of a variety of 19th-century romantic and utopian movements. The author calls for the State to take a responsibility for a sustainable future, and for green activists to adopt achievable goals.
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• Introduction: Climate change, environment and migration Livelihoods, environmental stress and mobility in Mali and Senegal Theoretical perspectives on the environment-migration nexus The role of environmental factors in shaping migration The migration decision: capabilities matter Aspirations for a better life Social transformation and its impact on the effects of of climate change on migration A migrant typology Migration in the "global North" and the "global South" Conclusion and outlook: Rethinking migration and environmental change in the West African Sahel.
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The West African Sahel is predicted to be heavily affected by climate change in the future. Slow-onset environmental changes, such as increasing rainfall variability and rising temperature, are presumed to worsen the livelihood conditions and to increase the out-migration from the affected regions. Based on qualitative and quantitative data from study areas in Mali and Senegal, this book examines the relationship between population dynamics, livelihoods and environment in the Sahel region, focussing specifically on motives for migration. Critiquing the assumption that environmental stress is the dominating migration driver, the author demonstrates the important role of individual aspirations and social processes, such as educational opportunities and the pull of urban lifestyles. In doing so, the book provides a more nuanced picture of the environment-migration nexus, arguing that slow-onset environmental changes may actually be less important as drivers of migration in the Sahel than they are often depicted in the media and climate change literature. This is a valuable resource for academics and students of environmental sociology, migration and development studies.
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• Foreword -- 1 Introduction: Contemporary Challenges and Civilizational Wellsprings -- Akmal Hussain and Muchkund Dubey -- SECTION I: DEMOCRACY -- 2 State of Democracy in India - Subhash C. Kashyap -- 3 Pakistan: Striving For Democracy - Hasan Askari Rizvi -- 4 State, Society & Democratic Futures: Challenges for Bangladesh - Imtiaz Ahmed -- 5 Deepening Democratic Structure in Sri Lanka - Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu -- 6 Reconstructing Democracy in South Asia- Rounaq Jahan and Rehman Sobhan -- SECTION II: INCLUSIVE GROWTH -- 7 Inclusive Growth in India- Muchkund Dubey and Biswajit Dhar -- 8 Strengthening Democracy through Inclusive Growth - Akmal Hussain -- 9 Beyond Minimalism of Growth with Safety Net: Is Development 'Inclusive' in Bangladesh? - Binayak Sen -- 10 Inclusive Growth in Sri Lanka - Saman Kelegama -- 11 Inclusive Growth and Policies: The South Asian Experience - Thangavel Palanivel and Fatma Gul Unal -- SECTION III: THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS -- 12 The Challenge of Global Climate Change: An Indian Perspective - Shyam Saran -- 13 Climate Change: Pakistan's Existential Challenge - Ali Tauqeer Sheikh -- 14 The Environmental Challenges in South Asia: Regional Cooperation for Adaptation Strategies - Leena Srivastava -- SECTION IV: PEACE -- 15 Persistent Inequality and the Challenges to Legitimacy and Peace Building in Pakistan - Imran Ali -- 16 Unfinished Peace in a Diverse Society: Some Thoughts on The 'Peace' Process in Sri Lanka - Sumanasiri Liyanage -- 17 South Asian Union - Kamal Hossain -- SECTION V: SOUTH ASIA'S DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE -- 18 A Regional Financial Architecture for Sustaining Asia-Pacific's Dynamism in the Post-Crisis World - Nagesh Kumar -- 19 Reform of Global And Regional Financial Architecture - Ramgopal Agarwala -- SECTION VI: RECOVERING A SHARED SENSIBILITY FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: UNITY AND DIVERSITY IN THE SOUTH ASIAN CULTURAL TRADITIONS -- 20 Pluralism and Diversity in South Asia - Kapila Vatsyayan -- 21 Peace, Sustainability and the Religious Other - Muhammad Suheyl Umar -- 22 Some Aspects of South Asian Cultural Traditions - M. Anisuzzaman -- SECTION VII: PERSPECTIVE ON SOUTH ASIA -- 23 Democracy and Sustainable Development - Mohamed Nasheed -- 25 Form and Substance of Democracy: Situating South Asia - T.K. Oommen -- 26 Inclusive Growth, Democracy and Sustainable Development - Ajay Chhibber -- 27 Some Reflections on Development in South Asia: Markets, Democracy, and People - Deepak Nayyar -- 28 Livelihood, Nature, and Peace: A Grihini Perspective - Ela R. Bhatt -- 29 The Story of Micro Credit : Grameen Bank and Social Business - Muhammad Yunus -- 30 The Impact of Global Warming and the Imperative of Mitigation - R.K Pachauri -- 31 Natural Disasters, Food Security, and Sustainable Development - M.S. Swaminathan -- 32 State Pathologies, Peace, and Water - Khaled Ahmed -- 33 A Vision for a South Asian Commonwealth - Abul Maal A Muhith -- About the Editor and Contributors -- Index.
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This book examines in the context of South Asia, four inter related dimensions that constitute the central policy challenges of our time: consolidating democracy, confronting violent extremism, overcoming mass poverty, and addressing the challenge of climate change. These dimensions are explored at the country-specific as well as the regional level, by some of the leading scholars and eminent public figures from the region, and interconnected by the editors through a new perspective. Consolidating democracy in societies with varying degrees of hierarchical rigidity requires governments to give space to civil society and provide institutional access to the under-privileged strata of society over governance decisions that affect their life. Such empowerment requires rapid poverty reduction through inclusive growth and creation of high wage employment. Apart from currently exclusive institutional structures in the economies of South Asia, a major hurdle in achieving inclusive growth is climate change, which has a relatively greater adverse effect on the poor. Mitigation and adaptation measures in the face of climate change require regional cooperation in South Asia for joint water shed management, improved efficiency of irrigation and water use, development of heat-resistant varieties of food grains, and developing decentralized food stock silos to give quick access over food grain to the people in case of severe shortages. This requires cooperation and coordinated policy efforts among South Asian countries. The editors advocate that a prerequisite for such efforts is a new approach based on inter-state peace and cooperation that could facilitate the establishment within individual nation states of institutional links between democratic structures, development initiatives, managing violence and conserving the environment.
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• Preface vi Acknowledgements viii Abbreviations x Tables and Boxes xiii 1 Globalization and the Environment: Capitalism, Ecology and Power 1 2 The Political Ecology of Globalization 17 3 The Political Economy of Global Environmental Governance: Power(in) Globalization 34 4 Global Trade and the Environment: Whose Rules Rule? 60 5 Global Production and the Environment: Racing to the Top, Bottom or Middle? 88 6 Global Finance and the Environment: Gambling on Green 114 7 Conclusions: Ecologizing Globalization/Globalizing Ecology 145 References 160 Index 186.
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Globalization and the Environment critically explores the actors, politics and processes that govern the relationship between globalization and the environment. Taking key aspects of globalisation in turn - trade, production and finance - the book highlights the relations of power at work that determine whether globalization is managed in a sustainable way and on whose behalf. Each chapter looks in turn at the political ecology of these central pillars of the global economy, reviewing evidence of its impact on diverse ecologies and societies, its governance - the political structures, institutions and policy making processes in place to manage this relationship - and finally efforts to contest and challenge these prevailing approaches. The book makes sense of the relationship between globalisation and the environment using a range of theoretical tools from different disciplines. This helps to place the debate about the compatibility between globalisation and sustainability in an explicitly political and historical context in which it is possible to appreciate the 'nature' of interests and power relations that privilege some ways of responding to environmental problems over others in a context of globalisation.
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Provides case studies of tested sustainable community programmes and implementation strategies. Such programmes are often created through "grassroots" movements that are initiated by citizens themselves, and later administered by citizens and local officials.
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• 1. The migration-development nexus: toward a transnational perspective / Tthomas Faist and Margit Fauser
• Part I. Paradigms: Methodological and Conceptual: 2. A global perspective on migration and development / Nina Glick Schiller; 3. The dialectic between uneven development and forced migration: toward a political economy framework / Raúl Delgado Wise and Humberto Márquez Covarrubias
• Part II. Organizations, Networks and States: 4. Diasporas, recovery, and development in conflict-ridden societies / Nicholas van Hear; 5. Business as usual?: urban actors and transnational investments in Accra, Ghana / Lothar Smith; 6. How receiving cities contribute to simultaneous engagements for incorporation and development / Margit Fauser; 7. A sociology of diaspora knowledge etworks / Jean-Baptiste Meyer
• Part III. Outlook: 8. Academic knowledge, policy, and the public role of social scientists / Thomas Faist; 9. Modernization, development, and migration in a skeptical age / Peter Kivisto.

This book sets a new agenda in bringing migration and development research into the field of transnational studies. It examines current policy discussions around the migration-development nexus and subjects them to rigorous conceptual criticism through a transnational lens. The authors place the current re-discovery of migrants as agents of development into historical perspective, present detailed case studies on labour migrants and refugees, and tie the policy debates to concepts and theories in sociology, political science, social anthropology, geography and political economy. The contributions connect macro-structural social transformations to how new transnational development agents are constituted and act.
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• Executive institutions and consolidation of sustainable democracy : Nigeria and USA / N.C. Ejituwu
• Values and institutions as bastion of democracy : a case study of Nigeria and the U.S.A. / Jamiu Adewumi Oluwatoki
• National security, social order, and the consolidation of democracy in Nigeria and the United States of America : new approaches to civilian participation in security / Philip Ogo Ujomu
• Neighbourhood stratification of Nigerian and American cities : the conflict dimension and the implication of sustenance of democracy / Oyesiku O. Kayode
• Consolidating democracy and development in Nigeria : lessons from the American federal bureaucracy / Oghenerobo Itoloba Adhuze
• The welfare programme in America and the poverty alleviation programme in Nigeria : a comparative analysis of two economic institutions / Ebele Amali
• Central banking, economic empowerment, and sustainable democracy in the United States of America and Nigeria / Olutayo Charles Adesina
• The business lobby and the sustenance of democratic governance : the Nigerian and American experiences / Ayodeji Olukoju
• A hero and a zero : poverty, culture, economics, and democracy : a case study of FDR and IBB / Yomi Kristilolu
• Contributions of the farmers association in building a sustainable democracy in the US : lessons for Nigeria / Zakariya D. Goshit
• The vote as an instrument of shaping a democratic society : a comparison of the American voter and the Nigerian voter / Folasade O. Ifamose
• Functional fallacy of patriarchal culture and democratic sustenance of women's rights : a comparison of Nigeria and the United States / Irene Omolola Adadevoh
• Interplay of religion and politics in Nigeria : insights from the American experiment / Canute A. Ngwa
• American donors and Nigerian NGOs : media programming in the new Nigerian democratic dispensation / Foluke Ogunleye
• The consolidation of democracy in Nigeria : what role for Nigerian and Americannon-governmental [i.e. American non-governmental] organizations? / Ogaba Oche
• NGOs and sustainable democracy in Nigeria : the role of U.S. funding agencies / Samuel Ayedime Kafewo
• Mass media and the construction of political ideals : a discussion on the United States and Nigeria / Noma Owens-Ibie
• Nurturing the growth of Nigeria's nascent democracy through language, political communications, and the mass media : lessons from the U.S.A. / Babatunde Olusola Opeibi
• The mass media and the challenges of democratic consolidation : a comparative study of Nigeria and the United States / Emmanuel O. Ojo
• Americanisms in Nigeria democratic discourse : indications for U.S.-Nigeria political relations / Diri I. Teilanyo
• Drama, language, and sustainable democracy : Nigeria and the United States of America / Isaiah Ilo
• The Nigerian response to American democracy : a review of Chinua Achebe's A man of the people, Anthills of the Savannah, and Richard Wright's Native Son and Black Boy / Francis Ibe Mogu
• Appeasing embittered histories : politics and history in Chinua Achebe and Ishmael Reed / Harry Olufunwa.

Global public goods (GPGs)--the economic term for a broad range of goods and services that benefit everyone, including stable climate, public health, and economic security--pose notable governance challenges. At the national level, public goods are often provided by government, but at the global level there is no established state-like entity to take charge of their provision. The complex nature of many GPGs poses additional problems of coordination, knowledge generation and the formation of citizen preferences. This book considers traditional public economy theory of public goods provision as oversimplified, because it is state centered and fiscally focused. It develops a multidisciplinary look at the challenges of understanding and designing appropriate governance regimes for different types of goods in such areas as the environment, food security, and development assistance. The chapter authors, all leading scholars in the field, explore the misalignment between existing GPG policies and actors' incentives and understandings. They analyze the complex impact of incentives, the involvement of stakeholders in collective decision making, and the specific coordination needed for the generation of knowledge. The book shows that governance of GPGs must be democratic, reflexive--emphasizing collective learning processes--and knowledge based in order to be effective.
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