The Local Politics of Global Sustainability
Author:   Thomas Prugh ,  Robert Costanza ,  Herman E. Daly ,  Herman Daly (Senior Research Scholar, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland, USA)
Publisher:   Island Press
Edition:   4th ed.
ISBN:  

9781559637435


Pages:   196
Publication Date:   01 December 1999
Format:   Hardback
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This work explores the kind of politics that can help enable us to achieve a sustainable world of our choice, rather than one imposed by external forces. It offers an in-depth examination of the elements of a re-energized political system which directly involves citizens in decision-making.

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Author:   Thomas Prugh ,  Robert Costanza ,  Herman E. Daly ,  Herman Daly (Senior Research Scholar, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland, USA)
Publisher:   Island Press
Imprint:   Island Press
Edition:   4th ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.300kg
ISBN:  

9781559637435


ISBN 10:   1559637439
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   01 December 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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Aiming for genotopia; the minimum technical requirements for sustainability; prelude to politics; engaging politics; the once and future democracy.

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Thomas Prugh is an energy analyst and writer who has written extensively on environment and energy issues. He is coauthor of Natural Capital and Human Economic Survival (ISEE, 1995). Robert Costanza is director of the Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Maryland, based in Solomons, Maryland, and coauthor of Ecosystem Health (Island Press, 1992). Herman Daly is senior research scholar in the School of Public Affairs of the University of Maryland in College Park, and author of Steady-State Economics (Island Press, 1991) and Beyond Growth (Beacon Press, 1997).

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