| The Sustainable Development Paradox: Urban Political Economy in the United States and Europe Contributor(s): Krueger, Rob J. (Editor), Gibbs, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1593854986 ISBN-13: 9781593854980 Publisher: Guilford Publications OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: Sustainability--with its promise of economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental integrity--is hardly a controversial goal. Yet scholars have generally overlooked the ways that policies aimed at promoting "sustainability" at local, national, and global scales have been shaped and constrained by capitalist social relations. This thought-provoking book reexamines sustainability conceptually and as it actually exists on the ground, with a particular focus on Western European and North American urban contexts. Topics include critical theoretical engagements with the concept of sustainability; how sustainability projects map onto contemporary urban politics and social justice movements; the spatial politics of conservation planning and resource use; and what progressive sustainability practices in the context of neoliberalism might look like. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Sustainable Development - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
| Dewey: 338.973 |
| LCCN: 2007021363 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.25" W x 8.92" (0.95 lbs) 310 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sustainability--with its promise of economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental integrity--is hardly a controversial goal. Yet scholars have generally overlooked the ways that policies aimed at promoting sustainability at local, national, and global scales have been shaped and constrained by capitalist social relations. This thought-provoking book reexamines sustainability conceptually and as it actually exists on the ground, with a particular focus on Western European and North American urban contexts. Topics include critical theoretical engagements with the concept of sustainability; how sustainability projects map onto contemporary urban politics and social justice movements; the spatial politics of conservation planning and resource use; and what progressive sustainability practices in the context of neoliberalism might look like. |
