Overview
The Dilemma of Sustainability in the Age of Globalization: A Quest for a Paradigm of Development offers an exhaustive overview of the different political, social, economic, and cultural circumstances that paved the way for the inception of sustainable development. It particularly traces the evolution of this project in an unpropitious context of neo-liberal capitalism and globalization. By means of an in-depth critical comparative analysis of the two phenomena of sustainable development and globalization, this book highlights aspects of both their divergence and convergence on issues such as development, man-nature relationship, and society. This distinctive approach pinpoints the theoretical and factual aspects of clash and affinity between globalization and sustainability and spotlights some potential harmonization between the two on different levels. On the whole, this book covers a few gaps in the contemporary literature that heightened the need for analysis of the viability of implementing the project of sustainable development in a context of neoliberal capitalism. Given the highly interdisciplinary nature of its topic, a holistic approach is utilized throughout this book, integrating historical, literary, economic, political, and scientific material. The first part of this book is largely based on a critical comparative analysis of the two vying paradigms of development by means of a thorough juxtaposition of their theoretical and ideological underpinnings and backed up by lucid examples, statistics, and case-studies. In later sections, this book provides an analysis and discussion of both the extrinsic and intrinsic obstacles to promoting sustainability in the current socio-economic paradigm of development, and closes by offering glimpses of hope for the future of humankind by underlining the potential of new initiatives to revive sustainable development in the 21st century.
Full Product Details
Author: Mohamed El-Kamel Bakari
Publisher: Lexington Books
Imprint: Lexington Books
Dimensions:
Width: 15.70cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 23.90cm
Weight: 0.549kg
ISBN: 9781498551397
ISBN 10: 1498551394
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 05 September 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Mohamed El-Kamel Bakari has made a thoughtful and powerful case for sustainability. He has also explained the difficulties—conceptual as well as practical—with making sustainability work in the current political, economic, and social environment. This is an important contribution. -- Kenneth Weisbrode, Bilkent University
Mohamed El-Kamel Bakari has made a thoughtful and powerful case for sustainability. He has also explained the difficulties-conceptual as well as practical-with making sustainability work in the current political, economic, and social environment. This is an important contribution. -- Kenneth Weisbrode, Bilkent University
Author Information
Mohamed El-Kamel Bakari holds a PhD in American culture studies from the University of Manouba, and he is a published researcher in American environmentalism, sustainability, international politics, and globalization studies. He taught at different universities in Tunisia, the UK, and the Middle-Eas,t and is now a lecturer at King Abdulaziz University, KSA.
