Emerging Economies and Challenges to Sustainability: Theories, Strategies, Local Realities Contributor(s): Hansen, Arve (Editor), Wethal, Ulrikke (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138688010 ISBN-13: 9781138688018 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Business & Economics | Development - Sustainable Development - Business & Economics | Environmental Economics |
Dewey: 338.927 |
Physical Information: 304 pages |
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Publisher Description: The rise of emerging economies represents a challenge to traditional global power balances and raises the question of how we can combine sustainability with continued economic growth. Understanding this global shift and its impact on the environment is the paramount contemporary challenge for development-oriented researchers and policy makers alike. This book breaks new ground by combining scholarship on the role of emerging economies with research on sustainable development. The book investigates how the development strategies of emerging economies challenge traditional development theory and sustainability discourses. With regional introductions and original case studies from South Asia, East Asia, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, it discusses how to conceptualise sustainable development in the global race for economic prosperity. What characterises the development strategies of emerging economies, and what challenges are these posing for global sustainable development? How can emerging economies shed light on the global challenges, dilemmas and paradoxes of the relationship between socio-economic improvements and environmental degradation? This book will be a valuable resource for researchers and postgraduates in development studies, geography, economics and environmental studies. |