Environmental policy and protocols Books
Columbia University Press Retreat from a Rising Sea
Book SynopsisThis big-picture, policy-oriented book explains in gripping terms what rising oceans will do to coastal cities and the drastic actions we need to take now to remove vulnerable populations. The authors detail effective approaches for addressing climate-change denialism and powerful arguments for changing U.S. federal coastal-management policies.Trade ReviewRetreat from a Rising Sea is a landmark work long overdue. The book offers deep analysis, case histories, and names villains of denial. It offers visions, solutions, and historic examples of how coastal cities and communities have dealt in the past and will need to cope in the future with rising coastal risks. It is a must-read for coastal residents and policy makers alike. If this book had been written ten years ago, the world would be better off. -- Klaus Jacob, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University Earth Institute Retreat from a Rising Sea is a book that should be read by everyone concerned about our coasts. In its passion to explain the conclusion that science clearly indicates, it signals the urgency of our retreat from the coast. -- Carl Hobbs, author of The Beach Book In Retreat from a Rising Sea, the authors raise tough and crucial questions about living in coastal communities in an era of rising seas and more frequent superstorms. In highlighting the vulnerabilities of many cities and communities in the United States and around the world, they provide a sobering wake-up call for policy makers and planners-and for the billions of people on the front lines of a changing climate. -- Vicki Arroyo, executive director, Georgetown Climate Center, and professor from practice, Georgetown University Law Center This accessible, impassioned argument considers the scientific, political, and socioeconomic dimensions of climate change and fervently presses for Americans to come to terms with the disastrous changes to the world's oceans sooner rather than later. Publishers Weekly Clear and authoritative... If only our leaders would read this book. Miami HeraldTable of ContentsForeword, by the Santa Aguila Foundation Preface Acknowledgments 1. Control + Alt + Retreat 2. The Overflowing Ocean 3. The Fate of Two Doomed Cities: Miami and New Orleans 4. New and Old Amsterdam: New York City and the Netherlands 5. Cities on the Brink 6. The Taxpayers and the Beach House 7. Coastal Calamities: How Geology Affects the Fate of the Shoreline 8. Drowning in Place: Infrastructure and Landmarks in the Age of Sea-Level Rise 9. The Cruelest Wave: Climate Refugees 10. Deny, Debate, and Delay 11. Ghosts of the Past, Promise of the Future Bibliography Index
£69.26
Columbia University Press Retreat from a Rising Sea
Book SynopsisThis big-picture, policy-oriented book explains in gripping terms what rising oceans will do to coastal cities and the drastic actions we need to take now to remove vulnerable populations. The authors detail effective approaches for addressing climate-change denialism and powerful arguments for changing U.S. federal coastal-management policies.Trade ReviewRetreat from a Rising Sea is a landmark work long overdue. The book offers deep analysis, case histories, and names villains of denial. It offers visions, solutions, and historic examples of how coastal cities and communities have dealt in the past and will need to cope in the future with rising coastal risks. It is a must-read for coastal residents and policy makers alike. If this book had been written ten years ago, the world would be better off. -- Klaus Jacob, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University Earth Institute Retreat from a Rising Sea is a book that should be read by everyone concerned about our coasts. In its passion to explain the conclusion that science clearly indicates, it signals the urgency of our retreat from the coast. -- Carl Hobbs, author of The Beach Book In Retreat from a Rising Sea, the authors raise tough and crucial questions about living in coastal communities in an era of rising seas and more frequent superstorms. In highlighting the vulnerabilities of many cities and communities in the United States and around the world, they provide a sobering wake-up call for policy makers and planners-and for the billions of people on the front lines of a changing climate. -- Vicki Arroyo, executive director, Georgetown Climate Center, and professor from practice, Georgetown University Law Center This accessible, impassioned argument considers the scientific, political, and socioeconomic dimensions of climate change and fervently presses for Americans to come to terms with the disastrous changes to the world's oceans sooner rather than later. Publishers Weekly Clear and authoritative... If only our leaders would read this book. Miami HeraldTable of ContentsForeword, by the Santa Aguila Foundation Preface Acknowledgments 1. Control + Alt + Retreat 2. The Overflowing Ocean 3. The Fate of Two Doomed Cities: Miami and New Orleans 4. New and Old Amsterdam: New York City and the Netherlands 5. Cities on the Brink 6. The Taxpayers and the Beach House 7. Coastal Calamities: How Geology Affects the Fate of the Shoreline 8. Drowning in Place: Infrastructure and Landmarks in the Age of Sea-Level Rise 9. The Cruelest Wave: Climate Refugees 10. Deny, Debate, and Delay 11. Ghosts of the Past, Promise of the Future Bibliography Index
£20.12
Columbia University Press Chinas Green Religion
Book SynopsisIn China’s Green Religion, James Miller shows how Daoism orients individuals toward a holistic understanding of religion and nature. Explicitly connecting human flourishing to the thriving of nature, Daoism fosters a “green” subjectivity and agency that transforms what it means to live a flourishing life on earth.Trade ReviewThis book presents a novel interpretation of Daoism as a 'green religion' that can transcend its premodern, Chinese origins and offer to the world a distinctive ecological orientation of wider relevance. Miller is arguably the world's leading scholar of Daoism and the environment, and China's Green Religion makes a striking and important contribution to the field of religion and ecology. -- Bronislaw Szerszynski, Lancaster University This book breaks new ground and may serve as a model for more sophisticated engagements with Daoism in terms of ecology. It is at the cutting edge of Daoist Studies. -- Louis Komjathy, Associate Professor of Chinese Religions and Comparative Religious Studies at the University of San Diego James Miller's book is a rich and deeply informed exploration of the relationships of Daoist religion and philosophy with nature and the environment. Miller discusses Daoist principles in new and exciting ways, often related to current ecological and ecocritical topics. He applies Daoist principles to current problems and possible futures, arguing that Daoism could help us develop not only sustainability but also flourishing. This is an important book with new and exciting ideas for environmentalists and citizens. -- Eugene Anderson, University of California, Riverside There is perhaps no scholar in the West who could have written such a valuable book on the contributions of Daoism to ecological thought and practice in China. Meticulously researched and clearly written, this is a book that will indispensable for academics and policy makers alike who are concerned about China's future. -- Mary Evelyn Tucker, Forum on Religion and Ecology, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Religion, Modernity, and Ecology 2. The Subjectivity of Nature 3. Liquid Ecology 4. The Porosity of the Body 5. The Locative Imagination 6. The Political Ecology of the Daoist Body 7. From Modernity to Sustainability 8. From Sustainability to Flourishing Notes Bibliography Index
£55.00
Columbia University Press Chinas Green Religion
Book SynopsisIn China’s Green Religion, James Miller shows how Daoism orients individuals toward a holistic understanding of religion and nature. Explicitly connecting human flourishing to the thriving of nature, Daoism fosters a “green” subjectivity and agency that transforms what it means to live a flourishing life on earth.Trade ReviewThis book presents a novel interpretation of Daoism as a 'green religion' that can transcend its premodern, Chinese origins and offer to the world a distinctive ecological orientation of wider relevance. Miller is arguably the world's leading scholar of Daoism and the environment, and China's Green Religion makes a striking and important contribution to the field of religion and ecology. -- Bronislaw Szerszynski, Lancaster UniversityThis book breaks new ground and may serve as a model for more sophisticated engagements with Daoism in terms of ecology. It is at the cutting edge of Daoist Studies. -- Louis Komjathy, Associate Professor of Chinese Religions and Comparative Religious Studies at the University of San DiegoJames Miller's book is a rich and deeply informed exploration of the relationships of Daoist religion and philosophy with nature and the environment. Miller discusses Daoist principles in new and exciting ways, often related to current ecological and ecocritical topics. He applies Daoist principles to current problems and possible futures, arguing that Daoism could help us develop not only sustainability but also flourishing. This is an important book with new and exciting ideas for environmentalists and citizens. -- Eugene Anderson, University of California, RiversideThere is perhaps no scholar in the West who could have written such a valuable book on the contributions of Daoism to ecological thought and practice in China. Meticulously researched and clearly written, this is a book that will indispensable for academics and policy makers alike who are concerned about China's future. -- Mary Evelyn Tucker, Forum on Religion and Ecology, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Religion, Modernity, and Ecology2. The Subjectivity of Nature3. Liquid Ecology4. The Porosity of the Body5. The Locative Imagination6. The Political Ecology of the Daoist Body7. From Modernity to Sustainability8. From Sustainability to FlourishingNotesBibliographyIndex
£19.80
Columbia University Press Confronting the Climate Challenge
Book SynopsisConfronting the Climate Challenge presents a unique framework for evaluating the impacts of U.S. climate-policy options. Lawrence Goulder and Marc Hafstead demonstrate that these policies—if designed correctly—not only can reduce emissions at low cost but also can avoid burdening low-income households or especially vulnerable industries.Trade ReviewCurbing greenhouse gases is one of the most challenging issues we face. While the benefits are potentially huge, developing policies to keep costs down is urgent. Goulder and Hafstead's well-written and accessible book carefully explains the issue and evaluates the main policy proposals. It is a must read for anyone interested in the details of climate mitigation. I strongly recommend it. -- Robert Mendelsohn, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsI: Introduction And Analytical Background1. Introduction2. Climate Policy, Fiscal Interactions, and Economic OutcomesII: The Model’s Structure, Inputs, and Baseline Output3. Structure of the E3 Model4. Data, Parameters, and the Reference Case PathIII: Policy Approaches And Outcomes5. Two Approaches to Carbon Dioxide Emissions Pricing: A Carbon Tax and a Cap-And-Trade System6. Alternatives to Emissions Pricing: A Clean Energy Standard and a Gasoline Tax Increase7. Distribution of Policy Impacts Across Industries and HouseholdsIV: Conclusions8. Key InsightsAppendix AAppendix BAppendix CAppendix DNotesReferencesIndex
£52.70
Columbia University Press Game Theory and Climate Change
Book SynopsisParkash Chander argues that we can make progress on the climate-change impasse through incorporating the insights of game theory. Chander offers economic and game-theoretic interpretations of both the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement and discusses the policy recommendations his framework generates.Trade ReviewWritten exceptionally clearly, this book lays out a novel theory of cooperative games and coalition formation as it applies to environmental problems—and in the process makes significant progress in reconciling cooperative and noncooperative game theory. -- Benjamin Ho, Vassar CollegeClimate change is an extraordinarily challenging problem, partly because of its global commons nature. For this reason, game theory can bring valuable insights to considerations of alternative public policies, as well as to international negotiations among the countries of the world. In Game Theory and Climate Change, Parkash Chander adds in significant ways to the relevant scholarly literature at the interface of climate change, economics, and game theory. -- Robert N. Stavins, Harvard UniversityIn this important and timely book, Chander, a leading environmental economist and game theorist, systematically develops a set of game-theoretic solutions to the grand challenge of global climate change. He convincingly demonstrates the value of integrating insights from both cooperative and noncooperative games, and the importance of side payments in improving international climate agreements. He advances important solution concepts such as subgame perfect agreements and incorporates important real-world features, such as heterogeneity across nations. I strongly recommend the book to researchers as well as practitioners interested in international climate negotiations. -- Jinhua Zhao, Michigan State UniversityThe book will interest PhD students and game-theory experts. Recommended. * Choice *This is a timely book, interpreting climate change negotiations in terms of game theoryconcepts. The content of the book is based on a stream of papers published by theauthor over more than 20 years. The book is aimed at economists who use finely craftedmathematical models to explore possible solutions to complex social and environmentalproblems. The extensive bibliography will be helpful to any newcomer in the fieldof environmental economics. -- Alain B. Haurie * MathSciNet *Work like Chander's is important precisely because it creates tools we can use to imagine the distance between our world and one in which powerful actors have committed to a response to climate change. * H-Environment *Table of ContentsPreface1. Purpose and Scope2. The Basic Framework3. Rationale for Cooperation4. The Core of a Strategic Game5. Environmental Games6. Coalition Formation Games7. Dynamic Environmental Games8. Limits to Climate Change9. The Journey from Kyoto to Paris10. International Trade and Climate ChangeConclusionReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index
£54.40
Columbia University Press Underwater
Book SynopsisRebecca Elliott explores how families, communities, and governments confront problems of loss as the climate changes. She offers the first in-depth account of the politics and social effects of the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program, in an incisive consideration of the dilemmas of moral economy underlying insurance.Trade ReviewIn this essential book, Rebecca Elliott narrates the history of the individualization of risk through an unlikely lens: the de-mutualization of flood insurance in the United States. As rising global temperatures wreak havoc on the climate, those living in the path of storms are increasingly left to deal with the consequences on their own. This is a rich and deeply human story about people and organizations going underwater, learning to make sense of loss and to become ‘resilient’—until the next wave. -- Marion Fourcade, author of Economists and Societies: Discipline and Profession in the United States, Britain, and France, 1890s to 1990sUnderwater is a masterpiece of social and historical analysis, revealing the increasingly powerful and contested role of the insurance industry—through its rationalities, technologies, and moral economy—in an age of climate crisis. It opens on the impossible decision so many of us facing climate-driven catastrophes in the places we live must now make: to retreat or to remain. As Elliot shows in incisive, often painful detail, these decisions force us to reckon with multiple forms of loss—some measured in our ties to buildings, communities, landscapes, and ways of life, others in the dollar amounts of our insurance coverage and housing investments. These vital reckonings, meanwhile, differ depending on where we live, whether we own our homes, and how 'deserving' we are perceived to be—all variables profoundly shaped by race and class. Elliott compellingly situates these struggles within an emergent 'politics of loss'—itself the flip-side of ever more inadequate politics of sustainability. Disparities and precarities driven both by policy and escalating hazard have ushered in an engaged, often enraged 'climate public,' and wrought havoc in the insurance industry itself. Through this brilliant, moving, and elegantly written analysis, we see a space opening for radical reimagining. What if we reject the devolution of risk and individualizing logics of insurance and housing markets, and recognize our collective interdependence? Elliott leaves us with a crucial understanding: there can be no safer ground if we go it alone. -- Miriam Greenberg, coauthor of Crisis Cities: Disaster and Redevelopment in New York and New OrleansIn this lucidly written and brilliantly argued book, Rebecca Elliott takes us from the flooded basements of victims of Hurricane Sandy in New York—and we could add the West Coast aflame as I write—to a powerful cultural conflict standing between us and an urgently needed fix. Flood insurance. Premium costs. Risk classification. Zoning. Building standards. Buried in the ‘administrative decisions’ within each realm are momentous questions. Should the government step out and leave owners with deeply devalued homes, ‘free’ to rebuild at their own risk? Or, on the other hand, should the government bear the cost of climate denial when financial obligations spike high and flames and floods are upon us? This is a highly important book arriving at a crucial hour. Read it and pass it on. -- Arlie Russell Hochschild, author of Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right, a finalist for the National Book AwardUnderwater is a tragically timely, subtly scary, and completely essential book about living with loss in a climate-changed world. Elliott brings a sophisticated sociological perspective and a compassionate ethnographic eye to debates over how we protect ourselves and our neighbors as the ground shifts beneath our feet. A major contribution. -- Eric Klinenberg, author of Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic LifeUnderwater explores how Americans directly affected by storms like Hurricane Sandy have been forced to confront the impact climate change has on their homes, families, and communities. This path-breaking study shows that the terrain of these discussions, centered on struggles over arcane issues like insurance and flood maps, raises deeply political and moral questions about who should pay for and be responsible for the impacts of what will certainly be steadily worsening events. -- Neil Fligstein, University of California, BerkeleyThere is clearly a lot here for economic sociologists, as well as for scholars of natural disasters, cities and the built environment, and risk and insurance. * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsTimeline of EventsIntroduction: Insurance and the Problem of Loss in a Climate-Changed United States1. Transforming the Management of Loss: The Origins of the National Flood Insurance Program2. Losing Ground: Values at Risk in an American Floodplain3. Visions of Loss: Knowing and Pricing Flood Risk4. Shifting Responsibilities for Loss: National Reform of Flood Insurance5. Floodplain Futures: Trajectories of LossConclusion: What Do We Have to Lose?Methodological AppendixNotesIndex
£23.75
Columbia University Press A Spark in the Smokestacks Environmental
Book SynopsisDelving into the online and offline conversations of Beijing communities affected by waste incinerator projects slated for their backyards, Jean Yen-chun Lin demonstrates how a rising middle class acquires the capacity for organizing in an authoritarian context.Trade ReviewBy offering a textured account of the way space enables civic life to flourish in China, this beautiful book urgently reminds us that even in nondemocratic contexts, people can do great things when they join together to put their hands on the levers of change. -- Hahrie Han, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor of Political Science, Inaugural Director, SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins UniversityTranscending conventional depictions of environmental justice politics, A Spark in the Smokestacks provides a rich and compelling portrait of how three communities in Beijing were able to mobilize their civic capacity to fight environmental harms. Lin’s impressive study deserves broad attention in sociology, political science, environmental studies, and beyond. -- Edward T. Walker, author of Grassroots for Hire: Public Affairs Consultants in American DemocracyBy systematically examining the intersection of environmental activism and the development of middle-class communities in China, A Spark in the Smokestacks offers fresh evidence and original insights on a very important topic. Lin’s extensive and systematic comparative analysis and prolonged fieldwork have produced rich empirical evidence and in-depth analysis. This book will be a welcome and valuable addition to the fields of China studies and contentious politics. -- Xi Chen, author of Social Protest and Contentious Authoritarianism in ChinaTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. A Stench on Success: Urban Middle-Class Homeowners and Rising Environmental Challenges2. Gated Communities as Schools of Democracy3. Making Sense of External Threats: Individual, Collective, and Representative Responses4. Mobilizing and Organizing for Environmental Collective Action5. Trajectories of Citizen Science6. Consequences of Community Environmental OrganizingConclusionBibliographyIndex
£93.60
Columbia University Press A Spark in the Smokestacks
Book SynopsisDelving into the online and offline conversations of Beijing communities affected by waste incinerator projects slated for their backyards, Jean Yen-chun Lin demonstrates how a rising middle class acquires the capacity for organizing in an authoritarian context.Trade ReviewBy offering a textured account of the way space enables civic life to flourish in China, this beautiful book urgently reminds us that even in nondemocratic contexts, people can do great things when they join together to put their hands on the levers of change. -- Hahrie Han, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor of Political Science, Inaugural Director, SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins UniversityTranscending conventional depictions of environmental justice politics, A Spark in the Smokestacks provides a rich and compelling portrait of how three communities in Beijing were able to mobilize their civic capacity to fight environmental harms. Lin’s impressive study deserves broad attention in sociology, political science, environmental studies, and beyond. -- Edward T. Walker, author of Grassroots for Hire: Public Affairs Consultants in American DemocracyBy systematically examining the intersection of environmental activism and the development of middle-class communities in China, A Spark in the Smokestacks offers fresh evidence and original insights on a very important topic. Lin’s extensive and systematic comparative analysis and prolonged fieldwork have produced rich empirical evidence and in-depth analysis. This book will be a welcome and valuable addition to the fields of China studies and contentious politics. -- Xi Chen, author of Social Protest and Contentious Authoritarianism in ChinaTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. A Stench on Success: Urban Middle-Class Homeowners and Rising Environmental Challenges2. Gated Communities as Schools of Democracy3. Making Sense of External Threats: Individual, Collective, and Representative Responses4. Mobilizing and Organizing for Environmental Collective Action5. Trajectories of Citizen Science6. Consequences of Community Environmental OrganizingConclusionBibliographyIndex
£27.00
Columbia University Press Global Environmental Politics
Book SynopsisThis book explains why emerging economies have come to dominate global environmental politics and examines the implications for international cooperation. Johannes Urpelainen argues that although they continue to prioritize economic growth, innovative bargaining and institutional design offer a way forward.Trade ReviewUrpelainen provides a masterful primer for the challenges of the new global environmental governance. As developing countries get wealthier, their capacity to destroy the environment increases, but compared to advanced industrialized countries they have weaker environmental preferences and less state capacity to address environmental problems. These developments complicate how global challenges like climate change can be addressed. -- Joshua Busby, University of Texas at AustinEmerging economies are critically important to the future of the planet’s health. Their economic success and growing energy and resource consumption have turned them into pivotal players in international environmental negotiations. Johannes Urpelainen’s excellent new book provides an essential guide to this new reality of environmental diplomacy. -- Robert Falkner, London School of Economics and Political ScienceTable of ContentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. International Political Economy and Global Environmental Politics2. Global Environmental Politics in the American Century3. Global Environmental Politics for a New Century4. The Evolution of Three Global Environmental Regimes5. China and India in Global Environmental Politics6. The Rise of the RestConclusion: Bringing It All TogetherNotesBibliographyIndex
£93.60
Columbia University Press Global Environmental Politics
Book SynopsisThis book explains why emerging economies have come to dominate global environmental politics and examines the implications for international cooperation. Johannes Urpelainen argues that although they continue to prioritize economic growth, innovative bargaining and institutional design offer a way forward.Trade ReviewUrpelainen provides a masterful primer for the challenges of the new global environmental governance. As developing countries get wealthier, their capacity to destroy the environment increases, but compared to advanced industrialized countries they have weaker environmental preferences and less state capacity to address environmental problems. These developments complicate how global challenges like climate change can be addressed. -- Joshua Busby, University of Texas at AustinEmerging economies are critically important to the future of the planet’s health. Their economic success and growing energy and resource consumption have turned them into pivotal players in international environmental negotiations. Johannes Urpelainen’s excellent new book provides an essential guide to this new reality of environmental diplomacy. -- Robert Falkner, London School of Economics and Political ScienceTable of ContentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. International Political Economy and Global Environmental Politics2. Global Environmental Politics in the American Century3. Global Environmental Politics for a New Century4. The Evolution of Three Global Environmental Regimes5. China and India in Global Environmental Politics6. The Rise of the RestConclusion: Bringing It All TogetherNotesBibliographyIndex
£27.00
Columbia University Press The Green New Deal and the Future of Work
Book SynopsisThis book brings together leading experts to explore the possibilities of the Green New Deal, emphasizing the future of work. They examine transformations that are already underway and put forth bold new proposals that can provide jobs while reducing carbon consumption—building a world that is sustainable both economically and ecologically.Trade ReviewA bold and penetrating collection of essays about the most important problems of our time. -- Frances Fox Piven, author of Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change AmericaCalhoun and Fong have crafted an erudite, timely, and often inspiring collection of essays about work and the Green New Deal. No other book I know looks at infrastructure and environment through the prism of labor, culture, and political economy. This will be an excellent resource for teaching, advocacy, and policy making. -- Eric Klinenberg, author of Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic LifeAs a slogan, the Green New Deal can at times be extended to include almost anything on the current U.S. left’s agenda. But what might it really mean? And how would it work? This book is a welcome intervention because it explores from numerous vantage points—often in real detail and with bracing honesty—the possibilities and limits invoked by the idea of a Green New Deal. Headlines will change, new emergencies will arise and fade, but the climate crisis is not going away. That is why this sort of discussion about realistic solutions is so necessary. -- Christian Parenti, author of Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of ViolenceThis book is an incredible (and rare) collection from both organizers and scholars on the key challenge of the twenty-first century: how to transform the world of work toward rapid decarbonization. It contains impressive historical depth on the model of the New Deal and explores how to make the Green version a reality. -- Matthew T. Huber, author of Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming PlanetStudents, organizers, and academics alike will benefit from this book. * H-Environment *Table of ContentsIntroduction, by Craig Calhoun and Benjamin Y. FongPart I: The New Deal and the Green New Deal1. From the New Deal to the Green New Deal, by Richard A. Walker2. From Romance to Utilitarianism: Lessons on Work and Nature from the New Deal, by Hillary Angelo3. A Green New Deal for Agriculture, by Raj Patel and Jim GoodmanPart II: What Is the Crisis of Work?4. A Green New Deal for Care: Revaluing the Work of Social and Ecological Reproduction, by Alyssa Battistoni5. Another World (of Work) Is Possible, by Stephanie Luce6. Time for Rabble-Rousing: Lessons from the Historic Fight for Reduced Working Hours, by Wilson SherwinPart III: Delivering Jobs and Empowering Workers7. Jobs for All: A Job Guarantee Puts Workers in the Driver’s Seat, by Dustin Guastella8. Unions and the Green New Deal, by Mindy Isser9. “Fancy Funeral” or Radical Rebirth? Just Transition and the Future of Work(ers) in the United States, by Todd E. Vachon10. Overcoming the Tragedy of Growth Machines, by Harvey MolotchPart IV: Transforming Infrastructure11. A Green New Deal for Housing, by Daniel Aldana Cohen12. Low-Carbon, High-Speed: How a Green New Deal Can Transform the Transportation Sector, by J. Mijin Cha and Lara Skinner13. Redesigning Political Economy: The Promise and Peril of a Green New Deal for Energy, by Clark A. MillerPart V: The Work of Building a Better Society14. Community Control and the Climate Crisis: Power, Governance, and Racial Capitalism, by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò15. Rethinking the Green New Deal: From War to Work, by Harry C. Boyte and Trygve Throntveit16. How to Create Good Jobs, a Sustainable Environment, and a Durable and Successful Left Political Alliance Through a Green New Deal, by Richard LachmannAcknowledgmentsIndex
£99.45
Columbia University Press The Green New Deal and the Future of Work
Book SynopsisThis book brings together leading experts to explore the possibilities of the Green New Deal, emphasizing the future of work. They examine transformations that are already underway and put forth bold new proposals that can provide jobs while reducing carbon consumption—building a world that is sustainable both economically and ecologically.Trade ReviewA bold and penetrating collection of essays about the most important problems of our time. -- Frances Fox Piven, author of Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change AmericaCalhoun and Fong have crafted an erudite, timely, and often inspiring collection of essays about work and the Green New Deal. No other book I know looks at infrastructure and environment through the prism of labor, culture, and political economy. This will be an excellent resource for teaching, advocacy, and policy making. -- Eric Klinenberg, author of Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic LifeAs a slogan, the Green New Deal can at times be extended to include almost anything on the current U.S. left’s agenda. But what might it really mean? And how would it work? This book is a welcome intervention because it explores from numerous vantage points—often in real detail and with bracing honesty—the possibilities and limits invoked by the idea of a Green New Deal. Headlines will change, new emergencies will arise and fade, but the climate crisis is not going away. That is why this sort of discussion about realistic solutions is so necessary. -- Christian Parenti, author of Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of ViolenceThis book is an incredible (and rare) collection from both organizers and scholars on the key challenge of the twenty-first century: how to transform the world of work toward rapid decarbonization. It contains impressive historical depth on the model of the New Deal and explores how to make the Green version a reality. -- Matthew T. Huber, author of Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming PlanetStudents, organizers, and academics alike will benefit from this book. * H-Environment *Table of ContentsIntroduction, by Craig Calhoun and Benjamin Y. FongPart I: The New Deal and the Green New Deal1. From the New Deal to the Green New Deal, by Richard A. Walker2. From Romance to Utilitarianism: Lessons on Work and Nature from the New Deal, by Hillary Angelo3. A Green New Deal for Agriculture, by Raj Patel and Jim GoodmanPart II: What Is the Crisis of Work?4. A Green New Deal for Care: Revaluing the Work of Social and Ecological Reproduction, by Alyssa Battistoni5. Another World (of Work) Is Possible, by Stephanie Luce6. Time for Rabble-Rousing: Lessons from the Historic Fight for Reduced Working Hours, by Wilson SherwinPart III: Delivering Jobs and Empowering Workers7. Jobs for All: A Job Guarantee Puts Workers in the Driver’s Seat, by Dustin Guastella8. Unions and the Green New Deal, by Mindy Isser9. “Fancy Funeral” or Radical Rebirth? Just Transition and the Future of Work(ers) in the United States, by Todd E. Vachon10. Overcoming the Tragedy of Growth Machines, by Harvey MolotchPart IV: Transforming Infrastructure11. A Green New Deal for Housing, by Daniel Aldana Cohen12. Low-Carbon, High-Speed: How a Green New Deal Can Transform the Transportation Sector, by J. Mijin Cha and Lara Skinner13. Redesigning Political Economy: The Promise and Peril of a Green New Deal for Energy, by Clark A. MillerPart V: The Work of Building a Better Society14. Community Control and the Climate Crisis: Power, Governance, and Racial Capitalism, by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò15. Rethinking the Green New Deal: From War to Work, by Harry C. Boyte and Trygve Throntveit16. How to Create Good Jobs, a Sustainable Environment, and a Durable and Successful Left Political Alliance Through a Green New Deal, by Richard LachmannAcknowledgmentsIndex
£27.00
MO - University of Illinois Press Our Roots Run Deep as Ironweed
Book SynopsisPresents the voices of twelve Central Appalachian women, environmental justice activists fighting against mountaintop removal mining and its devastating effects on public health, regional ecology, and community well-being.Trade ReviewAssociation for Humanist Sociology Book Award, 2014. Silver Winner in Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Nautilus Book Awards, 2014. Runner-up in General Nonfiction, Green Book Festival, 2014. "By making grassroots women central, Bell has created a powerful model for scholarly writing that can engage undergraduates, faculty, and general readers. Our Roots Run Deep sees civic engagement as critical and shows that campuses and academics have much to learn from those who sometimes are merely studies or assisted."--Environmental History "These stories reveal not only the profoundly devastating environmental, health, and social impacts experienced by Appalachians living in the 'sacrifice zone,' but also the identity transformation experienced by women who find a sense of purpose and agency in their activism. . . . a complex, detailed rendering of the human costs of US dependence on cheap energy. Recommended."--Choice "Compelling accounts of polluted wells, washed out homesteads, run away coal trucks, and coal dust settling down on the town with each woman facing their own ecological nightmare and then coming to fight back, many endangering their own lives and community relations to do so."--Mobilization "A groundbreaking collection of life stories from women in the struggle against mountaintop removal. These extraordinary stories are luminous with the courage and moral passion of these women as they struggle to protect their communities, families, land, and cultural heritage."--Betsy Taylor, coauthor of Recovering the Commons: Democracy, Place, and Global Justice"Bell's volume is unique in that it allows each activist to tell her own story in her own words. This approach is especially valuable when it comes to explaining why women in these mountain communities are much more likely than men are to join the environmental justice movement."--The Journal of Southern History"Remarkable and unique. . . . Our Roots Run Deep as Ironweed makes enduring methodological and theoretical advances in the field and will be read and cited widely by scholars with interests in gender studies, environmental and environmental justice studies, community studies, social-change movements, and rural sociology."--Social Forces"Our Roots Run Deep as Ironweed greatly enriches the growing body of literature on environment activism in the region. The inspiring and instructive stories of these courageous women form an invaluable record that Shannon Elizabeth Bell's sensitively conducted and edited interviews have beautifully captured."--Appalachian Journal"Through the use of powerful oral histories as well as her own clear, concise writing, Bell accomplishes her goal of 'ensur[ing] that women's place in the history of this environmental justice movement is not forgotten.' This book will appeal not only to scholars but also to anyone interested in Appalachian women's activism, the Appalachian region itself, or environmental activism in general."--West Virginia History "Offers an important counter to narratives within both political and feminist studies that have positioned rural women as static of 'failed' political actors. . . . This is an exemplary oral history that demonstrates Bell's skill as an interviewer and her capacity to engender trust and create rapport with her research participants."--Journal of Appalachian Studies "Our Roots Run Deep as Ironweed substantially contributes to our understanding of grassroots activism and gender roles. Bell charts new ground with her extension of the 'motherhood effect' in grassroots environmental mobilization to the 'protector identity' motivated by an appreciation of nature. This book will be useful and attractive to scholars, students, and general readers."--Sherry Cable, author of Sustainable Failures: Environmental Policy and Democracy in a Petro-dependent World
£77.35
University of Illinois Press The Media Commons
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBook of the Year, Global Communication and Social Change Division of the International Communication Association (ICA), 2018 "There is hardly a topic that is more important and yet underresearched than the ways in which media. . . have (mis)represented environmental issues in recent decades. Patrick Murphy has the right credentials, reputation, and ability for the challenge. Given the importance of the topic, this books merits inclusion on the adoption lists of a wide spread of media, environmental, and discourse studies courses (among others) at undergraduate and graduate levels."--Mass Communication and Society"How is it that in less than four years Discovery replaced Ten Ways to Save the Planet with programming encouraging meat consumption, while The Walking Dead now provides post-apocalyptic survival techniques to a global audience? Murphy provides essential scholarship of environmental discourses within the politics and economies of transnational media."--Libby Lester, author of Media and Environment: Conflict, Politics and the News"This book is addressing a universal crisis that right now, as we speak, is rapidly mainstreaming. It is a text that will be recognized as a critically important, highly innovative, and possibly paradigm-changing contribution to our understanding of how mediated discourses work to destroy our planet."--Oliver Boyd-Barrett, author of Communications Media, Globalization, and Empire "Murphy skillfully unpacks the links among the institutions, ideology, and messages of global media systems and our imaginaries of the environment. The result is a scathing critique of the absorptive capacity of a market-driven, 'Promethean' discourse that elides social agency in response to our global ecological tensions."--Robert Cox, coeditor of The Routledge Handbook of Environment and Communication"The book's approach produces an interesting and unique contribution that should be required reading for scholars and students." --European Journal of Communication
£77.35
University of Illinois Press Winters of Discontent
Book SynopsisEvery four years, the Winter Olympics become a focal point for activism and resistance. But in the modern era, mere bids to host the Games have sparked fierce opposition from groups motivated by local or global concerns. Russell Field edits a collection that charts the evolution of protest around the Winter Games and illuminates the issues at the heart of anti-Olympic activism. The essays collectively explore the shifting dynamics and power relations between the civic coalitions that pursue the Winter Olympics and the social movements that oppose their efforts. The contributors look at specific Games impacted by dissent and probe the issues that swirled around failed and withdrawn bids. In addition, contributions on the contemporary Olympics describe current or future bids while delving into the campaigns demanding host nations pay attention to economic, social, humanitarian, and environmental concerns. A first-of-its-kind collection, Winters of Discontent profiles the wide range of activists and social movements that have organized against the Winter Olympics.
£77.35
University of Illinois Press The Media Commons
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBook of the Year, Global Communication and Social Change Division of the International Communication Association (ICA), 2018 "There is hardly a topic that is more important and yet underresearched than the ways in which media. . . have (mis)represented environmental issues in recent decades. Patrick Murphy has the right credentials, reputation, and ability for the challenge. Given the importance of the topic, this books merits inclusion on the adoption lists of a wide spread of media, environmental, and discourse studies courses (among others) at undergraduate and graduate levels."--Mass Communication and Society"How is it that in less than four years Discovery replaced Ten Ways to Save the Planet with programming encouraging meat consumption, while The Walking Dead now provides post-apocalyptic survival techniques to a global audience? Murphy provides essential scholarship of environmental discourses within the politics and economies of transnational media."--Libby Lester, author of Media and Environment: Conflict, Politics and the News"This book is addressing a universal crisis that right now, as we speak, is rapidly mainstreaming. It is a text that will be recognized as a critically important, highly innovative, and possibly paradigm-changing contribution to our understanding of how mediated discourses work to destroy our planet."--Oliver Boyd-Barrett, author of Communications Media, Globalization, and Empire "Murphy skillfully unpacks the links among the institutions, ideology, and messages of global media systems and our imaginaries of the environment. The result is a scathing critique of the absorptive capacity of a market-driven, 'Promethean' discourse that elides social agency in response to our global ecological tensions."--Robert Cox, coeditor of The Routledge Handbook of Environment and Communication"The book's approach produces an interesting and unique contribution that should be required reading for scholars and students." --European Journal of Communication
£19.79
University of Illinois Press Winters of Discontent
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Indiana University Press Power Struggles
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPower Struggles is a thoughtful and exciting book. * American Ethnologist *Power Struggles, Jaume Franquesa's detailed historiography of energy generation in southern Catalonia, offers valuable insight into why people might protest against wind turbines. * American Anthropologits *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsWhere the World Ends1. Dependence and Autonomy2. Nuclear Transaction3. Nuclear Peasants4. Southern Revolt5. Wind Bubble6. Accessing Wind7. Waste and DignityBibliographyIndex
£25.19
Indiana University Press Power Struggles
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPower Struggles is a thoughtful and exciting book. * American Ethnologist *Power Struggles, Jaume Franquesa's detailed historiography of energy generation in southern Catalonia, offers valuable insight into why people might protest against wind turbines. * American Anthropologits *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsWhere the World Ends1. Dependence and Autonomy2. Nuclear Transaction3. Nuclear Peasants4. Southern Revolt5. Wind Bubble6. Accessing Wind7. Waste and DignityBibliographyIndex
£59.40
Indiana University Press Global Governance and the UN
Book SynopsisHow gaps in global governance impact the world's most challenging problemsTrade ReviewGlobal Governance and the UN will satisfy those who seek a serious grappling with the ethical aspects of international action to address the world's most pressing challenges. The book argues that the UN's evolution is an "unfinished journey": . . . global governance will continue to evolve, with the UN at the center, in the wake of each global crisis. dec 2011 * Ethics and International Affairs *Weiss and Thakur have managed to perform the difficult trick of producing a work that can function as textbook, scholarly reference, policy guide, and popular reading. . . . Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsContentsList of Boxes, Tables, and FiguresSeries Editors' Foreword Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. WeissForeword John Gerard RuggieAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: The Problématique of Global Governance1. Tracing the Origins of an Idea and the UN's ContributionPart 1. International Security2. The Use of Force: War, Collective Security, and Peace Operations3. Arms Control and Disarmament4. TerrorismPart 2. Development5. Trade, Aid, and Finance6. Sustainable Development7. Saving the Environment: The Ozone Layer and Climate ChangePart 3. Human Rights8. Generations of Rights9. Protecting against Pandemics10. The Responsibility to ProtectNotesIndexAbout the AuthorsAbout the United Nations Intellectual History Project
£22.49
Indiana University Press Development without Destruction
Book SynopsisA guide to management of the critical environmental issues on global agenda. It 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.Trade Review'[T]his book is about the United Nations and global resources management, in particular the maintenance of the natural adaptability of ecosystems and the sustainable use of natural resources for the benefit of present and future generations of humankind.'August 2013 * Netherlands Intnl Law Review *Table of ContentsList of Figures and TablesSeries Editors' Foreword / Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. WeissForeword / James CrawfordForeword / Supachai PanitchpakdiAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Concepts and Principles1. Historical Background: Formative Phases of International Organization during the Pre–UN Period2. UN Involvement with Natural Resource Management at the National and Transboundary Levels3. Management of the Global Commons4. The International Architecture for Environmental Governance and Global Resource Management5. Natural Resources and Armed Conflict6. The Role of the International Court of Justice in the Settlement of Natural Resource Disputes7. The UN's Conceptual Contribution: Conclusions and ChallengesNotesIndexAbout the AuthorAbout the United Nations Intellectual History Project
£22.49
University of Notre Dame Press An Inconvenient Apocalypse
Book SynopsisConfronting harsh ecological realities and the multiple cascading crises facing our world today, An Inconvenient Apocalypse argues that humanity's future will be defined not by expansion but by contraction.For decades, our world has understood that we are on the brink of an apocalypseand yet the only implemented solutions have been small and convenient, feel-good initiatives that avoid unpleasant truths about the root causes of our impending disaster. Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen argue that we must reconsider the origins of the consumption crisis and the challenges we face in creating a survivable future. Longstanding assumptions about economic growth and technological progressthe dream of a future of endless bountyare no longer tenable. The climate crisis has already progressed beyond simple or nondisruptive solutions. The end result will be apocalyptic; the only question now is how bad it will be.Jackson and Jensen examine how geographic determinism shTrade Review“An Inconvenient Apocalypse pulls no punches. Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen, in this work of Anthropocenic soul-searching, offer an honest, accessible, and ruefully playful look at their own lives and at the predicament of human civilization during this century of upheaval and denial.” —Scott Slovic, co-editor of Ecoambiguity, Community, and Development“The problematic human/earth relationship will not be resolved anytime soon, and Jackson and Jensen’s book makes an important contribution to assessing our situation and envisioning a way forward. Anyone who has a nagging feeling that something is wrong and doesn’t understand the breadth and depth of the problem or how to grapple with it should read this book.” —Lisi Krall, author of Proving Up"While making no religious claims, Jackson and Jensen engage the core questions that religious people must ask, if their own witness is to be credible: Who are we, and where are we in history? Do we have the capacity to make drastic change for the sake of a decent human future? Can we live with humility and grace instead of arrogance and an infatuation with knowledge devoid of wisdom? Read and consider." —Ellen F. Davis, author of Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture"With intrepid honesty, tenderness, and grace, Jackson and Jensen lay out a clear framework for making sense of the most elusive complexities of climate crisis. Through kindred reflections and incisive analysis, they boldly enlighten readers of the probable and the possible in the decades to come. An affirmation and solace for the weary. A beacon for those seeking courage and understanding in unsettling times." —Selina Gallo-Cruz, author of Political Invisibility and Mobilization"The nature of all living organisms, so this book argues, is to go after 'dense energy,' resulting eventually in crisis. If that is so, then the human organism is facing a tough question: Can we overcome our own nature? Courageous and humble, bold and provocative, the authors of An Inconvenient Apocalypse do not settle for superficial answers." —Donald Worster, author of Shrinking the Earth"This is one of the most important books of our lifetime. An Inconvenient Apocalypse can help us face the difficult choices that confront us all and enable us to acknowledge the urgency of our current circumstance." —Frederick L. Kirschenmann, author of Cultivating an Ecological Conscience"Wes Jackson and Bob Jensen have written Common Sense for our time. This book might be the spark that catalyzes the American Evolution." —Peter Buffett, co-president of the NoVo Foundation“In this essential contribution to the public debate, Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen critique the capitalist forces accelerating the climate crisis and the intellectual-activists who have balked at calling for the radical changes in human behavior that could mitigate, if not prevent, environmental and societal collapse. Their contribution will prove as enduring as it is timely.” —Jason Brownlee, author of Authoritarianism in an Age of Democratization“If you’re already concerned about our species’ survival prospects, this book will take you to the next level of understanding. Jackson and Jensen are clear and deeply moral thinkers, and their assessment of humanity’s precarious status deserves to be widely read.” —Richard Heinberg, author of Power"Jackson and Jensen take a hard look at the near future as climate change intensifies and predict looming crises will lead to human suffering and radical changes. . . . [The authors] cut through pervasive denial about humanity's destiny in a more hostile environment. As in an effective seminar, they posit a situation and then raise questions that will resonate with readers." —Library Journal"Harrowing and accessible, this is just the thing for readers interested in a sociological or philosophical examination of the climate crisis." —Publishers Weekly"A hard-hitting philosophical reckoning with climate breakdowns, and with the social collapses that they may entail. ... Climate disasters may render hope for the future tenuous, but the philosophical book An Inconvenient Apocalypse asserts that working toward social justice is still purpose-giving." —Foreword Reviews (starred review)"The goal of An Inconvenient Apocalypse isn’t to try to convince people of the reality of humankind’s environmental and societal crises. . . . Instead the book takes these threats as a starting point and spends the majority of its lean page count exploring their implications and how we might best respond to them. It succeeds commendably in this regard." —Resilience"In An Inconvenient Apocalypse, authors Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen style themselves as heralds of some very bad news: societal collapse on a global scale is inevitable, and those who manage to survive the mass death and crumbling of the world as we know it will have to live in drastically transformed circumstances. . . . The current way of things is doomed, and it’s up to us to prepare as best we can to ensure as soft a landing as possible when the inevitable apocalypse arrives." —The Guardian"Global warming is headed in a calamitous direction. Even if humans can limit the increase in the Earth’s temperature, other factors are pushing us to an apocalypse. . . . This a sobering examination of current trends in human behavior and likely existential consequences." —Intelligencer: Journal of U.S. Intelligence Studies"We are in the midst of a major environmental catastrophe for which we are little prepared, but for which action is desperately needed. An Inconvenient Apocalypse seeks to engage this problem with a deep concern for social justice, equality, and reverence for us and the planet that we have so deeply scarred." —New York Journal of Books"Unlike many works in the eco-catastrophe genre, An Inconvenient Apocalypse isn’t strident, angry, or panicked about the impending collapse. It’s more of an elegy for a dying civilization, which takes a pragmatic but soft-spoken approach to the problems we face; so soft-spoken that it’s a slight shock when we realize what the authors are saying." —Medium"An Inconvenient Apocalypse is one powerful book. It will move many of its readers out of the past and into a reasonable, informed, and passionate space for assessing a difficult future." —Ecological Economics"Read this personal manifesto of wisdom and passion for our suffering planet, a very important, timely, and riveting book." —CounterPunch"Few books can shake up and awaken long-time climate activists, environmental activists, and sustainability activists to expansive new levels of understanding of the big picture of our major crises, but this is one of those books." —Job One for Humanity Climate Blog“Right now, the questions posed by Jackson and Jensen carry more potency than the answers we are being led to believe will resolve the predicaments we are in. That is because we have been asking the wrong questions. Jackson and Jensen ask new, and inconvenient, questions. Get the book and start asking the same questions.” —Rainbow Juice“The authors seek to redefine what hope can be, as the day-to-day expectations of most of us are off the table... Compulsory reading.” —Hastings Independent Press"If we are to see a better future realized, not only do we need to rethink our individual patterns of behavior, but we must also resist cultural formations that reduce our humanity to marketplace identities. . . . If we decide this is who we are, our future may still be bright, even if it is not convenient." —The Christian CenturyTable of ContentsIntroductions: Who are we? 1. Who is “we”? 2. Four hard questions: Size, scale, scope, speed 3. We are all apocalyptic now 4. Saving remnant 5. Ecospheric grace Conclusions: The sum of all hopes and fears
£74.70
University of Texas Press Habitat Conservation Planning
Book SynopsisThis pioneering study focuses on a new tool for resolving the land-use conflict--the creation of habitat conservation plans.Trade ReviewOverall, I strongly recommend it for geographers and planners interested in conservation in and near urban areas, and for anyone who needs further evidence of the very real difficulties involved in finding 'win-win' outcomes to conflicts in the United States between economic development and biodiversity protection. * Professional Geographer *Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1. Land Development and Endangered Species: Emerging Conflicts Chapter 2. The Federal Endangered Species Act: Key Provisions and Implications for Land Development Chapter 3. Overview of Past and Ongoing Habitat Conservation Plans and Processes Chapter 4. The Politics of Habitat Conservation Planning: Key Actors and Perspectives Chapter 5. Habitat Conservation Plans to Protect Butterflies and Other Invertebrate Species: San Bruno Mountain and Beyond Chapter 6. Conserving Habitat for a Threatened Desert Lizard: The Coachella Valley Habitat Conservation Plan Chapter 7. Habitat Conservation in the Florida Keys: The North Key Largo Habitat Conservation Plan Chapter 8. Protecting Migratory Songbirds: The Least Bell's Vireo Habitat Conservation Plan Chapter 9. Endangered Rats and Endangered Homeowners: The Affordable Housing/Species Clash in Riverside County Chapter 10. Preserving the Desert Tortoise: The Clark County Habitat Conservation Plan Chapter 11. Preserving the Kit Fox and Other Flora and Fauna of the San Joaquin Valley: The Bakersfield and Kern County Habitat Conservation Plans Chapter 12. The Promise of Regional, Multi-species Approaches: The Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan Chapter 13. Evaluating the Success of Habitat Conservation Efforts: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Future Notes Index
£18.99
University of Washington Press Proving Grounds Militarized Landscapes Weapons
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Historian Edwin Martini has assembled a fine cast of scholars for examining the environmental impact and legacy of US military bases during the twentieth century. . . . The editor and his team are to be commended for highlighting the issues and furthering informed debate." -- Christopher M. Rein * Environmental History *"Proving Grounds is an excellent collection of essays examining various aspects of the U.S. military’s relationship to the environment." -- Sasha Davis * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Defending the Nation, Protecting the Land 2. Weather, Otters, and Bombs 3. Incident at Galisteo 4. “This Is Really Bad Stuff Buried Here” 5. The War on Plants 6. Addressing Environmental Risks and Mobilizing Democracy? 7. Reality Revealed 8. A Wildlife Insurgency 9. Restoration and Meaning on Former Military Lands in the United States Selected Bibliography Contributors Index
£31.38
University of Washington Press Footprints of War
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[O]ne of those rare works that combines practical benefits with broad scholarly significance . . . outstanding. Its original arguments, and the diversity of peoples contained within its pages—Vietnamese, Cham, Chinese, French, French colonial, Japanese, American—ensure that the book will matter to historians of Vietnam, the United States, and the world." * Journal of World History *"Presents the history of this area as a form of stratigraphy, excavating layers of sedimented past where multiple military conflicts occurred. . . . A very welcome addition to the growing field of environmental history on Vietnam and on war and environment generally." * Environmental History *"A very welcome addition to the growing field of environmental history on Vietnam and on war and environment generally." * Environmental History *"[O[ffers readers an intriguing new perspective on the long history of military conflict and occupation in central Vietnam by integrating environmental perspectivves with more traditional military and political histories..an inspiring application of robust historical research to solving modern environmental problems caused by war." * LSE Review of Books *
£52.14
University of Washington Press Living with Oil and Coal
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In Living with Oil and Coal: Resource Politics and Militarization in Northeast India, anthropologist Dolly Kikon offers a rich account of life in the midst of a landscape defined by multiple overlapping extractive industries and plantation economies, and of the social relations through which a resource frontier comes into being." * New Books in Anthropology podcast *"This is a versatile book that would be accessible for undergraduate audiences, yet contains complexity that would be of great interest for graduate audiences and scholars as well." * Electronic Green Journal *"Kikon’s ethnography is rich, diverse, and makes an engaging read." * Contributions to Indian Sociology *"The strength of Kikon’s work is...in the creativity and skill of its synthesis of existing theoretical work, applied to a new context and matched with local knowledge." * Anthropologica *"[A] beautiful and gripping account of the intimate layers of life, vio-lence and sovereignty pattered throughout the militarised carbon landscape of the foothills of Assam and Nagaland in North East India." * Postcolonial Studies *"[E]vocatively captures the intricacies and intimacies of daily life on this militarized resource frontier, drawing from stories, oral histories, and local myths, in spaces ranging from coal mines to oil rigs, rice fields to weekly markets and military checkpoints. Throughout, the book remains focused on the fragile and contested intimacies forged through trade, labor sharing, and love affairs across boundaries that are at once social, political, and ecological." * PoLAR: Political & Legal Anthropology Review *"[A] fantastic read, a book that speaks to scholars as well as general public. Kikon combines grounded ethnography with theoretical elabortation, setting a new standard of excellence for the anthropology of the North East." * Economic and Political Weekly *"Kikon has crafted the book skilfully with her narrative writing style...This book is an essential reading for those who want to understand the complex state-society dynamics in Northeast India." * Cultural Geographies *"Dolly Kikon’s book, undoubtedly a fascinating work of ethnography, compels us to problematize seemingly unitary categories of hills and other land and waterscapes and also to think of the impact of extractive regimes not only on the environment but also on how environment then comes to exist for the human societies who experience them." * Seminar *"Interdisciplinary scholarship on the environment has much to gain from Kikon’s book... The power of Kikon’s ethnography lies in its subtle, and unromanticized, insistence onthe creativity and fortitude of those communities living amidst such extractive debris. Kikon’s careful mapping of friendships, enmities, grieving, laughing, dying, working, loving, healing, teaching, struggling, and building helps us to see all of the fragile things that hold life together, and what we will still have to tend to once the oil is gone." * H-Net *"[S]uperb...what is truly the exceptional strength of the book [is] a richly textured ethnography of how individuals and communities make their lives in the shadows of a region transformed by extraction." * H-Net *
£33.98
University of Washington Press Living with Oil and Coal
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In Living with Oil and Coal: Resource Politics and Militarization in Northeast India, anthropologist Dolly Kikon offers a rich account of life in the midst of a landscape defined by multiple overlapping extractive industries and plantation economies, and of the social relations through which a resource frontier comes into being." * New Books in Anthropology podcast *"This is a versatile book that would be accessible for undergraduate audiences, yet contains complexity that would be of great interest for graduate audiences and scholars as well." * Electronic Green Journal *"Kikon’s ethnography is rich, diverse, and makes an engaging read." * Contributions to Indian Sociology *"The strength of Kikon’s work is...in the creativity and skill of its synthesis of existing theoretical work, applied to a new context and matched with local knowledge." * Anthropologica *"[A] beautiful and gripping account of the intimate layers of life, vio-lence and sovereignty pattered throughout the militarised carbon landscape of the foothills of Assam and Nagaland in North East India." * Postcolonial Studies *"[E]vocatively captures the intricacies and intimacies of daily life on this militarized resource frontier, drawing from stories, oral histories, and local myths, in spaces ranging from coal mines to oil rigs, rice fields to weekly markets and military checkpoints. Throughout, the book remains focused on the fragile and contested intimacies forged through trade, labor sharing, and love affairs across boundaries that are at once social, political, and ecological." * PoLAR: Political & Legal Anthropology Review *"[A] fantastic read, a book that speaks to scholars as well as general public. Kikon combines grounded ethnography with theoretical elabortation, setting a new standard of excellence for the anthropology of the North East." * Economic and Political Weekly *"Kikon has crafted the book skilfully with her narrative writing style...This book is an essential reading for those who want to understand the complex state-society dynamics in Northeast India." * Cultural Geographies *"Dolly Kikon’s book, undoubtedly a fascinating work of ethnography, compels us to problematize seemingly unitary categories of hills and other land and waterscapes and also to think of the impact of extractive regimes not only on the environment but also on how environment then comes to exist for the human societies who experience them." * Seminar *"Interdisciplinary scholarship on the environment has much to gain from Kikon’s book... The power of Kikon’s ethnography lies in its subtle, and unromanticized, insistence onthe creativity and fortitude of those communities living amidst such extractive debris. Kikon’s careful mapping of friendships, enmities, grieving, laughing, dying, working, loving, healing, teaching, struggling, and building helps us to see all of the fragile things that hold life together, and what we will still have to tend to once the oil is gone." * H-Net *"[S]uperb...what is truly the exceptional strength of the book [is] a richly textured ethnography of how individuals and communities make their lives in the shadows of a region transformed by extraction." * H-Net *
£110.48
University of Washington Press The Snow Leopard and the Goat
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Hussain provides context on the animal (the snow leopard) and the area (mountainous Baltistan) in question by examining how both Islam and residual traces of Bon, the area’s now extinct pre-Islam religion, influence local attitudes. . . . Readers interested in animal conservation will find much to ponder in this thoughtful study." * Publishers Weekly *"[A] fascinating account of snow leopard con-servation in Baltistan... Shafqat’s dissection of conservation discourse exposes the inverse cor-relation between resource distribution and responsibilities in conservation." * Journal of Anthropological Research *"[A] breath of fresh air, suggesting room for optimism amidst the gloom of despairing writing on the snow leopard." * Conservation and Society *"The theoretically dense and historically rich chapters provide a nuanced understanding of how the life of the snow leopard is intertwined with the life of the goat and other livestock that are kept by the poor Balti herders in open corrals to meet their everyday nutritional needs... Shafqat Hussain’s careful analysis invites us to consider the agentivity of this elegant predator in harsh remote terrains, and by combining empirical evidence and scientific analyses, explains how domestic livestock continue to sustain the numbers of this vulnerable cat in the wild." * Pacific Affairs *"Carefully documenting the history of the snow leopard and its trade around the world, evaluating the science asso-ciated with snow leopard conservation and its uncertainties, and contextualizing it with rich ethnographic work, Hussain makes an important contribution to highlight the challenges and dynamics of operationalizing global conservation priorities at the local level." * Journal of Asian Studies *
£33.98
University of Washington Press The Snow Leopard and the Goat
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Hussain provides context on the animal (the snow leopard) and the area (mountainous Baltistan) in question by examining how both Islam and residual traces of Bon, the area’s now extinct pre-Islam religion, influence local attitudes. . . . Readers interested in animal conservation will find much to ponder in this thoughtful study." * Publishers Weekly *"[A] fascinating account of snow leopard con-servation in Baltistan... Shafqat’s dissection of conservation discourse exposes the inverse cor-relation between resource distribution and responsibilities in conservation." * Journal of Anthropological Research *"[A] breath of fresh air, suggesting room for optimism amidst the gloom of despairing writing on the snow leopard." * Conservation and Society *"The theoretically dense and historically rich chapters provide a nuanced understanding of how the life of the snow leopard is intertwined with the life of the goat and other livestock that are kept by the poor Balti herders in open corrals to meet their everyday nutritional needs... Shafqat Hussain’s careful analysis invites us to consider the agentivity of this elegant predator in harsh remote terrains, and by combining empirical evidence and scientific analyses, explains how domestic livestock continue to sustain the numbers of this vulnerable cat in the wild." * Pacific Affairs *"Carefully documenting the history of the snow leopard and its trade around the world, evaluating the science asso-ciated with snow leopard conservation and its uncertainties, and contextualizing it with rich ethnographic work, Hussain makes an important contribution to highlight the challenges and dynamics of operationalizing global conservation priorities at the local level." * Journal of Asian Studies *
£110.48
University of Washington Press Seeds of Control
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] welcome contribution to the literature on Japanese colonialism and “green imperialism.” Seeds of Control is a lively and timely work. Non-specialist readers will find it approachable and informative. Specialists in Japanese and Korean history will find Seeds of Control useful to think and teach with. It is an excellent example of what environmental history can bring to the study of nation and empire in East Asia." * Agricultural History *"Seeds of Control is a must-read text for anyone interested in the complexity and interplay of colonial and environmental history." * Environmental History *"David Fedman presents the first environmental history monograph in English detailing Japanese colonial forestry policies and practices in Korea. The book is deeply and widely researched—incorporating archival, published, and scholarly sources in Korean, Japanese, and English—and is engagingly written." * European Journal of Korean Studies *"Through its comprehensive evaluation of the successes and failures of Japan’s environmental governance, Seeds of Control speaks to the current situation in an innovative and persuasive manner, for it reveals a new horizon or internal limit for the exercise of power." * Journal of Asian Studies *"[E]xcellent, detailed, and carefully composed research." * Seoul Journal of Korea Studies *"Seeds of Control is a thought-provoking, well-written study, thoroughly grounded in both Japanese and Korean sources. It is a pleasure to read." * Journal of Japanese Studies *"[A] remarkable work that will surely appeal to an academic audience." * The Middle Ground Journal *"Seeds of Control is a vital book for scholars interested in the environmental history of colonial Korea, the general history of Korea, and the connected histories of wider East Asia. It is particularly vital due to its approach to vectors for imperialism or colonization, which have not been widely considered previously. Fedman's approach is rooted in a detailed examination of primary source materials, particularly those produced in Keijō by the government-general at the time, in both Japanese and English, as well as other primary material published elsewhere in the Japanese empire." * Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies *
£43.25
University of Washington Press Shifting Livelihoods
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[O]ffers an engaging, complex account focused on issues concerning the production, accumulation, and transformation of value." * Choice *"Tubb astutely examines the economics of artisal mining in the Choco area, adeptly shifting from the macro to the micro, the global to the local, whilst telling a captivating and compelling story." * Nokoko *"[A] rich and detailed ethnography." * American Anthropologist *"This is an exciting time for the anthropological study of mining, and Shifting Livelihoods makes a welcome contribution to the scholarship that is emerging." * Exertions *"This ethnography is an eloquently written and concise read for multiple audiences interested in discussions about economic anthropology and the anthropology of mining... Shifting Livelihoods is a respectful walk alongside miners in Colombia’s Chocó region that manages to capture their humanity and dignity – something that journalists and politicians have failed heretofore to do." * Anthropologica *"The book’s proposition of shifting livelihood strategies is especially convincing due to its writing style of ethnographic storytelling...The miners and their rainforest come to life in the book, one muddy page after another." * Bulletin of Latin American Research *
£110.48
University of Washington Press Shifting Livelihoods
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[O]ffers an engaging, complex account focused on issues concerning the production, accumulation, and transformation of value." * Choice *"Tubb astutely examines the economics of artisal mining in the Choco area, adeptly shifting from the macro to the micro, the global to the local, whilst telling a captivating and compelling story." * Nokoko *"[A] rich and detailed ethnography." * American Anthropologist *"This is an exciting time for the anthropological study of mining, and Shifting Livelihoods makes a welcome contribution to the scholarship that is emerging." * Exertions *"This ethnography is an eloquently written and concise read for multiple audiences interested in discussions about economic anthropology and the anthropology of mining... Shifting Livelihoods is a respectful walk alongside miners in Colombia’s Chocó region that manages to capture their humanity and dignity – something that journalists and politicians have failed heretofore to do." * Anthropologica *"The book’s proposition of shifting livelihood strategies is especially convincing due to its writing style of ethnographic storytelling...The miners and their rainforest come to life in the book, one muddy page after another." * Bulletin of Latin American Research *
£33.98
University of Washington Press Gardens of Gold
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This excellent book joins a raft of ethnographic publications from the cohort of contemporaries who all did their first fieldwork from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s in the mining areas of Papua New Guinea, returning frequently up to the present. Perhaps not since the 1960s has there been such a surge of reflection, from different angles, on connected topics in Papua New Guinea." * Pacific Affairs *"[A] truly modern, and highly participatory, ethnography." * Pacific Affairs *
£33.98
University of Washington Press Gardens of Gold
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This excellent book joins a raft of ethnographic publications from the cohort of contemporaries who all did their first fieldwork from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s in the mining areas of Papua New Guinea, returning frequently up to the present. Perhaps not since the 1960s has there been such a surge of reflection, from different angles, on connected topics in Papua New Guinea." * Pacific Affairs *"[A] truly modern, and highly participatory, ethnography." * Pacific Affairs *
£110.48
University of Washington Press Greening East Asia
Book SynopsisA timely collection examining a diverse region's environmental shiftsEast Asia hosts a fifth of the world's population and consumes over half the world's coal, a quarter of its petroleum products, and a tenth of its natural gas. It also produces a third of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, making it a major contributor to climate change. The regionwhose countries share ecological, sociocultural, and political characteristics while varying in size, resource wealth, history, and political systemsoffers excellent insights into the complex dynamics influencing environmental politics, advocacy, and policy. With essays addressing Japan after Fukushima, coal plants and wind turbines in China, environmental activism in Taiwan, and sustainable rural development in South Korea, Greening East Asia explores a region's shift from development to eco-development in acknowledgment that environmental sustainability is a critical component of economic growth.Trade Review"[W]ill be of interest to scholars and policy makers of East Asia who are interested in theoretical frameworks to explicate the transitions in this part of the world." * Journal of Chinese Political Science *"[A] timely effort to integrate our understanding of environmental action in four major countries of East Asia. This book steps beyond the democracy/autocracy binary to point out the many ways that they have followed a similar development pathway, just at different times. This volume offers three commonalities" * China Quarterly *"[A] truly interdisciplinary endeavour that contributes to environmental and Asian studies. Given the relative paucity of edited materials that explicitly apply a comparative lens to East Asia’s environment, this is a much-welcomed scholarly intervention. Besides the impressive breadth of topics, this brilliantly edited collection ensures that the chapters are not only in conversation with each other, but also consistently engaged with the eco-developmentalism concept. Such strong cohesion enhances a reader’s sense of being able to piece together a fascinating yet complex picture of environmental governance and advocacy in East Asia." * Pacific Affairs *"[A] highly readable volume…Given its relevance to the ongoing climate emergency, this book should interest scholars, activists, and policy makers of the region and beyond." * Pacific Affairs *
£110.48
University of Washington Press Footprints of War
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[O]ne of those rare works that combines practical benefits with broad scholarly significance . . . outstanding. Its original arguments, and the diversity of peoples contained within its pages—Vietnamese, Cham, Chinese, French, French colonial, Japanese, American—ensure that the book will matter to historians of Vietnam, the United States, and the world." * Journal of World History *"Presents the history of this area as a form of stratigraphy, excavating layers of sedimented past where multiple military conflicts occurred. . . . A very welcome addition to the growing field of environmental history on Vietnam and on war and environment generally." * Environmental History *"A very welcome addition to the growing field of environmental history on Vietnam and on war and environment generally." * Environmental History *"[O[ffers readers an intriguing new perspective on the long history of military conflict and occupation in central Vietnam by integrating environmental perspectivves with more traditional military and political histories..an inspiring application of robust historical research to solving modern environmental problems caused by war." * LSE Review of Books *
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University of Washington Press Debating Malthus
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword: The Many Moments of Malthusianism, by Paul S. Sutter Acknowledgments A Note Regarding Texts and Usage Introduction: On an Overgrown Path—Linking Population and Environmental History Part 1: Before Malthus From Anon., Certayne Causes Gathered Together, Wherin Is Shewed the Decaye of England (1552) From Giovanni Botero, The Cause of the Greatnesse of Cities (1635) From Gabriel Plattes, A Discovery of Infinite Treasure (1639) From John Graunt, Natural and Political Observations (1662) From Charles de Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws (1750) From David Hume, "Of the Populousness of Ancient Nations" (1742) From Robert Wallace, A Dissertation on the Numbers of Mankind, in Antient and Modern Times (1753) From Benjamin Franklin, "Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind" (1755) From Thomas Short, A Comparative History of the Increase and Decrease of Mankind in England (1767) From Richard Price, Observations on Reversionary Payments (1772) Part 2: The Malthus Wars From William Godwin, An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793) From Marquis de Condorcet, Outlines of an Historical View of the Progress of the Human Mind (1795) From Thomas Robert Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) From William Godwin, Of Population (1820) From Thomas Robert Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population (1826) From Thomas Robert Malthus, A Summary View of the Principle of Population (1830) From Mary Shelley, The Last Man (1826) Part 3: Evolving Debates From Charles Darwin, "Extracts from an Unpublished Work on Species" (1839) From Petr Kropotkin, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902) From W. Stanley Jevons, The Coal Question (1865) From Alfred Russel Wallace, "Free-Trade Principles and the Coal Question" (1873) From John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy (1848) From John Ruskin, Unto This Last: Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy (1862) From Annie Besant, The Law of Population and Its Relation to Socialism (1886) From John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) From Aldous Huxley, "What Is Happening to Our Population?" (1934) From Josué de Castro, "The Cycle of the Crab" (1937) Part 4: The Population Bomb From William Vogt, The Road to Survival (1948) From Radhakamal Mukerjee, "Population Theory and Politics" (1941) From John Boyd Orr, The White Man’s Dilemma (1953) From Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb (1968) From Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons" (1968) From Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Malthus and America: A Report about Food and People (1974) From Barry Commoner, "A Bulletin Dialogue on The Closing Circle: Response" (1972) From Mahmood Mamdani, "The Ideology of Population Control" (1976) From Amartya Sen, "Famines as Failures of Exchange Entitlements" (1976) From Norman Borlaug, "The Green Revolution, Peace, and Humanity" (1970) From Elinor Ostrom, Governing the Commons (1990) From Julian Simon, "Resources, Population, Environment: An Oversupply of False Bad News" (1980) Part 5: The Malthus Wars Today From Jessica Tuchman Mathews, "Redefining Security" (1989) From Robert D. Kaplan, "The Coming Anarchy" (1994) From Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (2005) From Jack A. Goldstone, "The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World" (2010) From John Beddington, "Professor Sir John Beddington's Speech at SDUK 09" (2009) From Joel E. Cohen, "Population and Climate Change" (2010) From Brian O'Neill et al., "Global Demographic Trends and Future Carbon Emissions" (2010) From Paul J. Crutzen, "Geology of Mankind" (2002) From Johan Rockström et al., "Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity" (2009) From Committee on Women, Population, and the Environment, "Women, Population, and the Environment: Call for a New Approach" (1993) From Betsy Hartmann, "Population, Environment and Security: A New Trinity" (1998) From Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations (1999) From Jade Sasser,"From Darkness into Light: Race, Population, and Environmental Advocacy" (2014) Index
£110.48
University of Washington Press Debating Malthus
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword: The Many Moments of Malthusianism, by Paul S. Sutter Acknowledgments A Note Regarding Texts and Usage Introduction: On an Overgrown Path—Linking Population and Environmental History Part 1: Before Malthus From Anon., Certayne Causes Gathered Together, Wherin Is Shewed the Decaye of England (1552) From Giovanni Botero, The Cause of the Greatnesse of Cities (1635) From Gabriel Plattes, A Discovery of Infinite Treasure (1639) From John Graunt, Natural and Political Observations (1662) From Charles de Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws (1750) From David Hume, "Of the Populousness of Ancient Nations" (1742) From Robert Wallace, A Dissertation on the Numbers of Mankind, in Antient and Modern Times (1753) From Benjamin Franklin, "Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind" (1755) From Thomas Short, A Comparative History of the Increase and Decrease of Mankind in England (1767) From Richard Price, Observations on Reversionary Payments (1772) Part 2: The Malthus Wars From William Godwin, An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793) From Marquis de Condorcet, Outlines of an Historical View of the Progress of the Human Mind (1795) From Thomas Robert Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) From William Godwin, Of Population (1820) From Thomas Robert Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population (1826) From Thomas Robert Malthus, A Summary View of the Principle of Population (1830) From Mary Shelley, The Last Man (1826) Part 3: Evolving Debates From Charles Darwin, "Extracts from an Unpublished Work on Species" (1839) From Petr Kropotkin, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902) From W. Stanley Jevons, The Coal Question (1865) From Alfred Russel Wallace, "Free-Trade Principles and the Coal Question" (1873) From John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy (1848) From John Ruskin, Unto This Last: Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy (1862) From Annie Besant, The Law of Population and Its Relation to Socialism (1886) From John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) From Aldous Huxley, "What Is Happening to Our Population?" (1934) From Josué de Castro, "The Cycle of the Crab" (1937) Part 4: The Population Bomb From William Vogt, The Road to Survival (1948) From Radhakamal Mukerjee, "Population Theory and Politics" (1941) From John Boyd Orr, The White Man’s Dilemma (1953) From Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb (1968) From Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons" (1968) From Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Malthus and America: A Report about Food and People (1974) From Barry Commoner, "A Bulletin Dialogue on The Closing Circle: Response" (1972) From Mahmood Mamdani, "The Ideology of Population Control" (1976) From Amartya Sen, "Famines as Failures of Exchange Entitlements" (1976) From Norman Borlaug, "The Green Revolution, Peace, and Humanity" (1970) From Elinor Ostrom, Governing the Commons (1990) From Julian Simon, "Resources, Population, Environment: An Oversupply of False Bad News" (1980) Part 5: The Malthus Wars Today From Jessica Tuchman Mathews, "Redefining Security" (1989) From Robert D. Kaplan, "The Coming Anarchy" (1994) From Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (2005) From Jack A. Goldstone, "The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World" (2010) From John Beddington, "Professor Sir John Beddington's Speech at SDUK 09" (2009) From Joel E. Cohen, "Population and Climate Change" (2010) From Brian O'Neill et al., "Global Demographic Trends and Future Carbon Emissions" (2010) From Paul J. Crutzen, "Geology of Mankind" (2002) From Johan Rockström et al., "Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity" (2009) From Committee on Women, Population, and the Environment, "Women, Population, and the Environment: Call for a New Approach" (1993) From Betsy Hartmann, "Population, Environment and Security: A New Trinity" (1998) From Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations (1999) From Jade Sasser,"From Darkness into Light: Race, Population, and Environmental Advocacy" (2014) Index
£29.66
University of Washington Press The Grizzly in the Driveway
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Fans of bears—and of hearty nature writing—will take pleasure in Chaney’s paean." * Kirkus Reviews *"Robert Chaney tells the story of grizzly bear as an icon and apredator. The book reads like a who’s who of scientists, authors, photographers, and Department of Interior battles that have focused on the grizzly for the past four decades." * The Missoulian *"A well-written and thought-provoking analysis of this pressing issue." * The Literary West *"Illustrated with stories and fortified with facts, Chaney reveals layers of complexity providing a multitude of perspectives in his thorough account." * Outside Bozeman *"[A] timely, important read about much more than how humans are trying to co-exist with such a formidable wild mammal. Chaney’s book raises moral questions about what kind of West we want to live in." * Billings Gazette *"Meticulous new research methods reveal fascinating insights into bear behavior. Author Robert Chaney has spent decades observing human-grizzly encounters and challenges traditional thinking about conservation and preserving the wild." * NPR Books *"A sobering but modestly optimistic tale of a wilderness icon that refuses to stay in the wilderness set aside for it." * Choice *
£21.00
University of Washington Press Conservation in the Progressive Era
Book SynopsisConservation became the first nationwide political movement in American history to grapple with environmental problems like waste, pollution, resource exhaustion, and sustainability. This title places conservation in historical context, using the words of participants in and opponents to the movement.Trade Review"Stradling's selections are well chosen. Throughout the book he mixes the pro and the con, the technocratic and the popular, and a wide-cross section of topics. For this reason and its brevity, Stradling's collection is well suited for the classroom. Anyone with an interest in the environmental values of the progressive era should read this work as well. It will be time well spent." * H-Net *Table of ContentsForeword Preface Introduction Part 1: Defining and Debating Conservation Gifford Pinchot, "Principles of Conservation" Theodore Roosevelt, "Special Message from the President of the United States" William E. Smythe, "The Miracle of Irrigation" Ladies' Home Journal, "What Is Meant by Conservation?" George L. Knapp, "The Other Side of Conservation" H. J. M. Mattes, "Another National Blunder" Part 2: Perspectives on Wildlife Conservation George Bird Grinnell, "American Game Protection: A Sketch" Mabel Osgood Wright, "Keep on Pedaling!" William T. Hornaday, Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation David Shepard Merrill, "The Education of a Young Pioneer in the Northern Adirondacks" Part 3: The Utility of "Conservation" Samuel Gompers, "Conservation of Our Natural Resources" J. Horace McFarland, "Shall We Have Ugly Conservation?" Mary Ritter Beard, "Civic Improvement" Irving Fisher, "National Vitality, Its Wastes and Conservation" Ellen H. Richards, Conservation by Sanitation: Air and Water Supply, Disposal of Waste Part 4: Smoke and Conservation in the City Charles A. L. Reed, "An Address on the Smoke Problem" Mrs. Ernest R. Kroeger, "Smoke Abatement in St. Louis" Herbert M. Wilson, "The Cure for the Smoke Evil" Ernest L. Ohle, "Smoke Abatement: A Report on Recent Investigations Made at Washington University" Part 5: Conservation, Preservation, and Hetch Hetchy Warren Olney, "Water Supply for the Cities About the Bay of San Francisco" E. T. Parsons, "Proposed Destruction of Hetch-Hetchy" John Muir, "Hetch Hetchy Valley" Bibliographical Essay Index
£21.00
University of Washington Press Border Landscapes
Book SynopsisOffers a study based on extensive fieldwork as well as historical sources. This book examines the different trajectories of landscape change and land use among communities who call themselves Akha (known as Hani in China) in contrasting political contexts.Trade Review"The way that Sturgeon brings both social and ecological data to bear on her research situates the book squarely in the burgeoning field of political ecology. But Border Landscapes is an exemplar of how this approach can be productive in answering questions that go well beyond environmental politics." * Canadian Geographers *"This is a highly interesting and multi-layered study. . . . based on diligent fieldwork and careful review of relevant historical literature. It engages a range of social science theories in a vigorous dialog. Its multinational comparative approach effectively opens a new vista for our understanding of interethnic affairs in both human and natural milieus." * Agricultural History *"This book is a rich and thoughtful analysis..Moreover, it should be noted that the book is attractively produced, with photographs and diagrams inserted in appropriate locations throughout. It should be read as an example of how both political and landscape changes are occurring in the real world, and as a groundbreaking analysis of the implications of these changes for people living in border regions." * Progress in Development Studies *"This book exemplifies political ecology that far surpasses the 'chains of expectations' associated with progressive contextualization..an impressively balanced account of biophysical and socioeconomical variables and how they are intertwined..yet never loses its focus on the linkages between environmental change and human agency at local, regional, national, and international scales." * The Geographical Review *"This book should certainly be read by anyone who cares about natural resource management, ethnic minorities, and issues of territory and state power in China, Thailand, and Myanmar. . . Sturgeon's comparative research design and methods serve as a model for the potential of interdisciplinary research." * Annals of the Association of American Geographers *"Border Landscapes is without doubt an important and very timely work.. But the significance of Sturgeon's work extends far beyond this fascinating region, to areas of cultural, political, and biological complexity worldwide." * Human Ecology *"Sturgeon admirably demonstrates how local people live with the reality of continually negotiated political, social and ecological boundaries between China and Thailand. . . . A scholarly, interesting and timely treatment of an important issue, the ever-changing and local nature of political and environmental transformation of a minority culture not just in a single political setting, but on the boundaries of multi-state formation and resource control." * Pacific Affairs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Production of Border Landscapes 2. The Production of Marginal Peoples and Landscapes: Resource Access on the Periphery 3. The Production of Borders: Sites for the Accumulation and Distribution of Resources 4. Small Border Chiefs and Resource Control, 1910 to 1997 5. Premodern Border Landscapes under Border Principalities 6. Landscape Plasticity versus Landscapes of Productivity and Rule: Akha Livelihoods under Nation-States Conclusion Appendix 1: Trees and Shrubs of Mengsong, China Appendix 2: Trees and Shrubs of Akhapu, Thailand Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
£33.98
University of Washington Press Wild Sardinia
Book SynopsisShared concern for nature can be a way of transcending national, ethnic, religious, and cultural boundaries, yet conservation efforts often pit the interests of historically rooted or indigenous people against the state and international environmental organizations. This title examines the cultural politics around nature conservation.Trade Review"Heatherington expertly weaves an insightful analysis of global environmental hegemony; attendant cultural essentialisms; and the negotiation of authenticity, authority, and identity in relation to contested landscapes. . . This detailed and well-written case study is a must-read for anyone interested in political ecology, environmental justice, the anthropology of resistance, and cultural politics." -- Aaron M. Lampman * American Ethnologist *"Raises some fundamental ethical, theoretical and practical issues with respect to environmentalism and its intersection with community interests, nationalism and globalization . . ." -- Subhadra Mitra Channa * Social Anthropology / Anthropologie Sociale 20(2) *"This volume.. is a remarkable academic intervention on both the thematic topics and the area in question. Wild Sardinia is an eloquent and complex piece of engaged anthropological scholarship that will find a home in many academic debates and fields. Heatherington grapples honestly and openly with difficult questions, those that typically haunt most academics who continue to do long-term fieldwork in places far and near to their home institutions.Apart from anthropologists, geographers, historians, conservation biologists, and political scientists will all benefit from parts or the whole of Wild Sardinia. Regardless of your own regional focus or disciplinary approach, you will find richly engaged and engaging material in this book. ." * H-Net *"What is so original about Heatherington's discussion of resistance is that she not only carefully documents the stiflingly tight parameters from within which Orgosolo residents voice their discontent. She also examines how a heavily routinized local discourse on resistance has taken on a social life of its own." * Anthropological Quarterly *Table of ContentsForeword by K. Sivaramakrishnan Preface and Acknowledgments Part One: Beginnings Introduction 1. Ecology, Alterity, and Resistance Part Two: Ecology 2. Envisioning the Supramonte 3. Intimate Landscapes Part Three: Alterity 4. Dark Frontier 5. Seeing Like a State, Seeing Like an ENGO Part Four: Resistance 6. Walking in Via Gramsci 7. Sin, Shame, and Sheep Part Five: Post-Environmentalisms 8. Beyond Ethnographic Refusal 9. Hope and Mischief in the Global Dreamtimes Appendix: List of Acronyms Notes Glossary of Italian and Sardinian Words References Index
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University of Washington Press Whales and Nations
Book SynopsisBefore commercial whaling was outlawed in the 1980s, diplomats, scientists, bureaucrats, and environmentalists, had attempted to create an international regulatory framework that would allow for a sustainable whaling industry. This book provides a perspective on the challenges facing international conservation projects.Trade Review"Written with elegant prose and a wry wit, the book illuminates the many twists and turns of global whaling regulation. . . This title is an excellent resource for those desiring detailed insight." * Choice *"The geographic scale of the cooperation required to ‘save the whales’ can be hard to fathom. Kurkpatrick Dorsey understands it experientially through his exhaustive archival work; his book gives its reader the opportunity to experience it, too. . . . Whales and Nations lays the foundation of international whaling and whale conservation at its proper historical and geographic scale." -- Russell Fielding * AAG Review of Books *"This interesting and well researched [book] . . . sheds new light on how the International Whaling Commission developed, and on how it struggled." -- Bjorn Basberg * International Journal of Maritime History *"I am delighted that a book like Whales and Nations exists and that Kurkpatrick Dorsey has written it. He offers us a detailed history of the regulation of whaling from the pre–World War I era up to the present. . . . He is certainly one of the best writers of diplomatic history around." -- Karen Oslund * Environmental History *"Dorsey negotiates a daunting set of complex political, scientific, social, and cultural relationships with enough detail to sustain his points yet still have the narrative move along without too many distractions. . . . Sets a new standard for environmental historians by looking at the diplomatic interactions that tried—and failed—to conserve whale populations." -- Carmel Finley * Journal of American History *"Dorsey’s prose is careful and meticulous, and facilitates a nuanced understanding of whaling politics . . . effectively narrat[ing] the history and background of whale diplomacy in a way that should appeal to environmental historians, environmental policy researchers, diplomacy scholars, students, and even active diplomats and policymakers who are concerned with the health of the ocean and global environmental problems." -- Chie Sakakibara * Journal of Historical Geography *"Whales and Nations is a dazzling accomplishment." -- Miles A. Powell * Environment and History *Table of ContentsForeword by William Cronon Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. A Global Industry and Global Challenges 2. The Pelagic and the Political 3. World War and the World’s Whales 4. Cheaters Sometimes Prosper 5. Melting Down and Muddling Through 6. Save the Whales (for Later) 7. The End of Commercial Whaling Epilogue Appendix: Whaling Data, 1904–1965 Notes Bibliography Index
£86.45
University of Washington Press Proving Grounds
Book SynopsisProving Grounds brings together a wide range of scholars across disciplines and geographical borders to deepen our understanding of the environmental impact that the U.S. military presence has had at home and abroad. The essays in this collection survey the environmental damage caused by weapons testing and military bases to local residents, animal populations, and landscapes, and they examine the military's efforts to close and repurpose basesoften as wildlife reserves. Together they present a complex and nuanced view that embraces the ironies, contradictions, and unintended consequences of U.S. militarism around the world. In complicating our understanding of the American military's worldwide presence, the essayists also reveal the rare cases when the military is actually ahead of the curve on environmental regulation compared to the private sector. The result is the most comprehensive examination to date of the U.S. military's environmental footprintfor better or worseacross the gloTrade Review"Historian Edwin Martini has assembled a fine cast of scholars for examining the environmental impact and legacy of US military bases during the twentieth century. . . . The editor and his team are to be commended for highlighting the issues and furthering informed debate." -- Christopher M. Rein * Environmental History *"Proving Grounds is an excellent collection of essays examining various aspects of the U.S. military’s relationship to the environment." -- Sasha Davis * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Defending the Nation, Protecting the Land 2. Weather, Otters, and Bombs 3. Incident at Galisteo 4. “This Is Really Bad Stuff Buried Here” 5. The War on Plants 6. Addressing Environmental Risks and Mobilizing Democracy? 7. Reality Revealed 8. A Wildlife Insurgency 9. Restoration and Meaning on Former Military Lands in the United States Selected Bibliography Contributors Index
£110.48
Yale University Press Water for All
Book SynopsisA fresh look at the world’s water crises, and the existing and emerging solutions that can be used to solve themTrade Review“Securing water for all is the challenge of our times, one made more urgent by the changing climate. Water for All not only highlights the many solutions available, it connects them and, above all, communicates that we have tools to hand.”—Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy, executive director, International Water Association“Although war, climate change, and the economy capture the headlines, water is the real issue that deserves our attention and is the critical common thread among those challenges. Water for All is a forward-looking roadmap for how to improve the world’s relationship with water so that human civilization and ecosystems can thrive together.”—Michael Webber, author of Power Trip: The Story of Energy and Thirst for Power: Energy, Water, and Human Survival“Water for All is a well-researched and engaging guide to clever ways to meet our future water challenges.”—William Alley, coauthor of The Water Recycling Revolution“In this remarkably factual book, David Sedlak shows that we have the knowledge, technology, and means to solve the world’s water problems. If you read only one book this year, read this one.”—Asit K. Biswas, chief executive, Third World Centre for Water Management, and visiting professor, University of Glasgow
£19.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment
Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy presents an authoritative and comprehensive overview of international policy on climate and the environment.Trade Review“Falkner has successfully brought together top scholars from several disciplines in a single, important book that will interest policy makers and students for years to come. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels.” (Choice, 1 January 2014)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Preface xiii Part I Global Policy Challenges 1 1 Global Climate Change 3Matthew J. Hoffmann 2 Global Water Governance 19Joyeeta Gupta 3 Biodiversity and Conservation 37Stuart Harrop 4 Marine Environment Protection 53Markus Salomon 5 Deforestation 72David Humphreys 6 Biotechnology and Biosafety 89Aarti Gupta 7 Global Chemicals Politics and Policy 107Henrik Selin Part II Concepts and Approaches 125 8 Global Environmental Norms 127Steven Bernstein 9 Global Governance 146Johannes Stripple and Hannes Stephan 10 Global Environmental Security 163Simon Dalby 11 International Environmental Law 179Daniel Bodansky 12 Green Growth 197Michael Jacobs 13 Sustainable Consumption 215Doris Fuchs 14 Climate Change Justice 231Edward Page Part III Global Actors, Institutions, and Processes 249 15 The Nation-State, International Society, and the Global Environment 251Robert Falkner 16 Transnational Environmental Activism 268Susan Park 17 Business as a Global Actor 286Jennifer Clapp and Jonas Meckling 18 International Regime Effectiveness 304Steinar Andresen 19 Strengthening the United Nations 320Steffen Bauer 20 International Negotiations 339Radoslav S. Dimitrov 21 Regionalism and Environmental Governance 358Miranda Schreurs Part IV Global Economy and Policy 375 22 Globalization 377Peter Newell 23 Private Regulation in Global Environmental Governance 394Graeme Auld and Lars H. Gulbrandsen 24 International Trade, the Environment, and Climate Change 412Nico Jaspers and Robert Falkner 25 Global Finance and the Environment 428Christopher Wright 26 Energy Policy and Climate Change 446Benjamin K. Sovacool 27 Economic Instruments for Climate Change 468Jonas Meckling and Cameron Hepburn 28 International Aid and Adaptation to Climate Change 486Jessica M. Ayers and Achala Chandani Abeysinghe Index 507
£129.56
University of Michigan Press The Politics of Beginning
£26.96
