Development, power, and the environment : neoliberal paradox in the age of vulnerability

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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Bibliographic Details
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.
Subjects:
Economic development.
Power.
Global environmental change.
economic development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Economic development
Global environmental change
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Tableof Contents; List of Tables; Glossary/Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Concepts and Theories; 1. Challenges of Our Time: Environmental and Social Vulnerabilities; Introduction; Understanding Vulnerabilities; Global Environmental Problems; When Nature Strikes; The Dominance and Influence of Transnational Corporations; TNCs and the Role of Global Media; "Powerless": Dilemmas of Third World Development and the Environment; Structure of the Book; 2. Understanding Power in Social Organization; Introduction.
  • Nature and Characteristics of Social PowerForms of Social Power; Theoretical Perspectives on Social Power; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; 3. Paradigms of Development and Their Power Dynamics; Introduction; Development and Power; The Development Project and Power Negotiation; Critique of the Postmodern Critique; Acknowledgments; 4. Theorizing Nature-Society Relationships; Introduction; The Relationshipbetween Consumption and the Environment; Treadmill of Production; World-Systems Theory; Theory of Metabolic RIFT; Ecological Modernization; Risk-Society Thesis.
  • 5. Neoliberal Paradox: Connection through DisconnectionUnderstanding Neoliberalism; Paradoxes of Neoliberalism; The End of the Neoliberal Project?; Part II: Case Studies; 6. Development Dynamics in the Global South: From Colonization to Globalization; Development: From Colonization to Globalization; Dominance of Neoliberal Globalization; Neoliberal Globalization in Asia; Neoliberal Globalization in Latin America; International Financial Institutions and Neoliberal Globalization; Whitherdevelopment?; 7. Green Revolution: Transformation, Optimism, and Reality; Introduction.
  • Green Revolution and AfterConclusion; 8. Food and Power: The Mirage of the Food-Aid Regime; The Food-Aid Regime in Context; Motives of Food Aid; Case Study: Food Aid and India; Case Study: Food Aid and Central America; Modern Implications of Food Aid; Conclusion; 9. Climate Politics: Power and Development in Mortgaging the Planet; Introduction; Mighty Economy, Vulnerable Planet; Climate Politics from Kyoto to Durban; Obsession Over Power and Development Corrupts; 10. Tipaimukh Dam: Triumph of Development over the Environment and Popular Voice; Introduction.
  • Environmental and Social Impacts of the Tipaimukh DamEnvironmental Resistance Against the Tipaimukh Dam; Local Issue, Global Movement: Powerthrough Solidarity; Semi-Periphery Development, Periphery Burden; Conclusion; 11. Labeling Tribal: State Power in Forming and Transforming Identities; Introduction; Labeling; Highlanders in Thailand and Indonesia; Forming and Transforming Identity in Thailand; Forming and Transforming Identity in Indonesia; Conclusion; 12. A Neoliberal Knowledge/Power/Security Regime after 9/11: The Case of the "Muslim Patient"; Introduction.

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