Globalisation, Environment and Social Justice: Perspectives, Issues and Concerns
Editat de Manish Vermaen Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 iul 2018
The chapters build on detailed case studies from different parts of the world and deal with critical environmental issues such as global emissions, climate change, sustainable development, green politics, species protection, water governance, waste management, food production and governance besides education, inclusivity and human rights.
Presenting a range of topics alongside new perspectives and discourses, this interdisciplinary book will be useful to students and researchers of political studies, sociology and environmental studies as well as policymakers and those working in the government and civil society organisations.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780815368878
ISBN-10: 0815368879
Pagini: 452
Ilustrații: 15 Line drawings, black and white; 28 Tables, black and white; 15 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge India
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0815368879
Pagini: 452
Ilustrații: 15 Line drawings, black and white; 28 Tables, black and white; 15 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge India
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
PostgraduateCuprins
Introduction PART I Globalisation, environmental sustainability and social justice: perspectives and issues 1. Globalisation, environment and social justice: a theoretical insight 2. A comparative assessment of climate policies of top global emitters and evolution of an effective climate regime: issues of environmental effectiveness, economic efficiency, equity and political feasibility 3. Politics of environment: Green parties in Europe as a model for India 4. Globalisation and political economy of protected areas 5. Environmental challenges in Brazil, local and global 6. Globalisation, environment and sustainable development: challenges and opportunities in the conservation of water catchments in south-eastern Kenya 7. The glocal paradox: waste production in Patna 8. Neo-liberal development, environmental sustainability and social justice: contextualising the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme PART II Globalisation, marginalised sections and social justice: problems and challenges 9. Institutional challenges of common pool resource management: insights from Tawa Reservoir Fisheries Cooperative 10. Social justice for women and girls: global pacts, unmet goals, environmental issues 11. Globalisation, environmental degradation and tribal identity: with particular reference to Central India 12. Sacred landscape, modes of subsistence and Adivasi rights in the globalised world 13. Re(caste-ing) justice: globalisation and Dalits in India PART III Globalisation and questions of equity and social justice: issues from various sectors 14. Service-level benchmarking: some emerging global lessons for Indian water governance 15. Shifting food production and consumption patterns in globalised India: issues of sustainability, security and justice 16. Transnational higher education (TNHE) trends in India and China: comparison of Euro-American and Chinese models 17. Globalisation, IT and governance: implications for social justice and inclusivity 18. Risk and vulnerability in the neo-liberal order: assessing social security in India
Notă biografică
Manish K. Verma is Professor, Head and Deputy Coordinator of the UGC–Special Assistance Programme in the Department of Sociology at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow, India. Previously he served in the Department of College Education, Rajasthan, as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Lecturer in Selection Grade for 10 years and briefly at NTPC, Corporate Office, New Delhi, as Sociologist. With a doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, he has more than 22 years of teaching and research experience. He has published many books, including Globalisation, Social Justice and Sustainable Development in India (2017), Peri-urban Environment (2017), Globalization and Environment: Discourse, Policies and Practices (2015) and Development, Displacement and Resettlement (2004). Several of his research papers and chapters have been published in journals and edited volumes. He is a member of various professional bodies such as the International Sociological Association, Indian Sociological Society and Rajasthan Sociological Association. At present, he is a member of the Managing Committee of the Indian Sociological Society. His main research interests include environment and development, involuntary displacement, urban ecology, social justice and globalisation.
Descriere
The book examines existing policy frameworks for ensuring environmental sustainability and social justice. It analyses dimensions of environmental sustainability; adverse impact of globalisation on the environment; poverty, unemployment and displacement; the impact on marginalisation of sections such as scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and women.