Sustainable Development - Softcover

Michael Redclift

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0416902502 ISBN 13: 9780416902501

Publisher: Methuen, London and New York, 1987

Synopsis

Argues that environmental problems need to be looked at internationally, in terms of the global economic system, and that the degradation of the environment is not 'natural', but an historical process linked to economics and politics. rethink not just the international economic structure but technology, social theory, and politics. This is an important contribution to a crucial debate ( World Development )

About this title

About the Author

Michael Redclift teaches at the University of London.

Review

"Consider that the environment is a social construction and environmental change a product of the world-system evolving. Current paths of accumulation produce unacceptable costs, so sustainable development must be another path. . . . Any resolution of these contradictions will rethink not just the international economic structure but technology, social theory, and politics. This is an important contribution to a crucial debate."
-"World Development

Edition details

• Publisher: Methuen, London and New York
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0416902502
• ISBN 13: 9780416902501
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1