{"product_id":"green-development-9780415820721","title":"Green Development","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe concept of sustainability lies at the core of the challenge of environment and development, and the way governments, business and environmental groups respond to it. \u003ci\u003eGreen Development \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a clear and coherent analysis of sustainable development in both theory and practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreen Development explores the origins and evolution of mainstream thinking about sustainable development and offers a critique of the ideas behind them. It draws a link between theory and practice by discussing the nature of the environmental degradation and the impacts of development. It argues that, ultimately, green' development has to be about political economy, about the distribution of power, and not about environmental quality. Its focus is strongly on the developing world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fourth edition retains the broad structure of previous editions, but has been updated to reflect advances in ideas and changes in international policy. Greater attention has been giv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The dilemma of sustainability 2. The roots of sustainable development 3. Mainstream sustainable development 4. Sustainability and Natural Capital 5. Neoliberalism and the Green Economy 6. Corporations and sustainability 7. Sustainability and Degrowth 8. The political forest 9. Desertification 10. Famine, Food and Farming 11. The Political Ecology of Biodiversity 12. Engineering Development 13. Green development: reformism or radicalism? \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402153107799,"sku":"9780415820721","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415820721.jpg?v=1730479547","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/green-development-9780415820721","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}