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Ecology and the World-System

Ecology and the World-System

Goldfrank, Walter L.
Szasz, Andrew
Goodman, David

Hardcover

Series: Studies in the Political Economy of the World-System, Book 211

Environmental StudiesInternational Relations

ISBN10: 0313307253
ISBN13: 9780313307256
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Jun 30 1999
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.31
Height: 1.08 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.56
Language: English
Integrating environmental and world-systems analyses in chapters ranging from the ancient to the contemporary, from the global to the local, from West to East, and from North to South, this book is the first collection to analyze environmental issues from the world-systems perspective. The introduction provides Immanuel Wallerstein's fullest explication of the role of ecological constraints in the world-system. Early chapters diagnose the increasing environmental threats to global sustainability and suggest ways to arrive at an integrated theoretical understanding of those threats. The work then shows the historical and geographical range necessary to do justice to ecological considerations in chapters considering ancient civilizations, capitalism, the circumpolar North, the dam-builders of Asia, and the polluters of East Central Europe. The final chapters analyze the successes and limits of environmental movements in the United States, South Africa, and South Korea.

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