Sustainability Inverted | How Environmental Policies Control People

Jin Sato

ISBN 10: 0262053438 / ISBN 13: 9780262053433

Published by MIT Press Ltd, 2026

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Sustainability Inverted | How Environmental Policies Control People | Jin Sato | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2026 | MIT Press Ltd | EAN 9780262053433 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sustainability Inverted | How Environmental Policies Control People
• Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262053438
• ISBN 13: 9780262053433
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 152W x 229H x 38D millimeters 152 millimeters width by 229 millimeters height by 38 millimeters depth
• Weight: 366 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

What environmental policies do to people, beyond what they do to the climate, forests, air, or water.

Sustainability Inverted explores the hidden politics of environmental policy and the unintended consequences of “inversion” policy—policies that turn potential local collaborators into adversaries, thus creating relationships that undermine the very objectives the policies seek to achieve. Jin Sato argues that the key to addressing inversion lies in rebalancing the disrupted relations of interdependence and empowering individuals and organizations closer to the ground. The result is a more sustainable policy direction, the wisdom of which has been overlooked in favor of self-reliance and independence in developmental goals.

Based on extensive fieldwork in Southeast Asia, this book vividly illustrates how the state exploits the most lucrative resources while local communities are left with what are deemed “communal resources.” Consequently, these local people, who are supposedly partners in conservation efforts, become adversaries of the state. The book offers a fresh perspective on fostering interdependency among communities and challenges the conventional wisdom in the Global North that excessively prioritizes technology as a solution to environmental problems.

About the Author

Jin Sato is a Professor of Development Studies at the Institute of Advanced Studies on Asia at the University of Tokyo.