The political economy of the environment
In a provocative and original analysis, James K. Boyce examines the dynamics of environmental degradation in terms of the balances of power between the winners and the losers. He provides evidence that inequalities of power and wealth affect not only the distribution of environmental costs, but also...
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Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. :
Edward Elgar,
c2002.
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| Online Access: | https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781840643664.xml |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Stealing the commons
- 2. Let them eat risk?
- 3. Investing in natural and human capital
- 4. Inequality as a cause of environmental degradation
- 5. Rethinking the environmental kuznets curve
- 6. Power distribution, the environment, and public health
- 7. The globalization of market failure?
- 8. A squandered inheritance
- 9. Democratizing environmental ownership.