Development, power, and the environment : neoliberal paradox in the age of vulnerability / Md Saidul Islam.

Unmasking the neoliberal paradox, this book provides a robust conceptual and theoretical synthesis of development, power and the environment. With seven case studies on global challenges such as under-development, food regime, climate change, dam building, identity politics, and security vulnerabili...

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Main Author: Islam, Md Saidul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Routledge studies in development and society ; 34.
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Summary:Unmasking the neoliberal paradox, this book provides a robust conceptual and theoretical synthesis of development, power and the environment. With seven case studies on global challenges such as under-development, food regime, climate change, dam building, identity politics, and security vulnerability, the book offers a new framework of a ""double-risk"" society for the Global South. With apparent ecological and social limits to neoliberal globalization and development, the current levels of consumption are unsustainable, inequitable, and inaccessible to the majority of humans. Power
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-255) and index.
ISBN:1135036268
9781135036263
9780203768815
0203768817
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.