Neoliberal Environments: False Promises and Unnatural Consequences

Synopsis

This volume explores the nexus between nature, markets, deregulation and valuation, using theoretically sharp and empirically rich real-world case studies and analyses of actually existing policy from around the world and across a range of resources. In short, it answers the questions: does neoliberalizing nature work and what work does it do? More specifically, this volume provides answers to a series of urgent questions about the effects of neoliberal policies on environmental governance and quality. What are the implications of privatizing public water utilities in terms of equity in service provision, resource conservation and water quality? Do free trade agreements erode the sovereignty of nations and citizens to regulate environmental pollution, and is this power being transferred to corporations? What does the evidence show about the relationship between that marketization and privatization of nature and conservation objectives? Neoliberal Environments productively engages with all of these questions and more. At the same time, the diverse case studies collectively and decisively challenge the orthodoxies of neoliberal reforms, documenting that the results of such reforms have fallen far short of their ambitions.

Copyright:

2007

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781135983307

Related ISBNs:

9780203946848, 9780415771498, 9780415771498, 9780415771481, 9780415771481

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

04/10/20

Copyrighted By:

Nik Heynen, James McCarthy, Scott Prudham, and Paul Robbins for editoral and selection

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Social Studies, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government

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Bookshare Staff

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Edited by:

Nik Heynen

Edited by:

James McCarthy

Edited by:

Scott Prudham

Edited by:

Paul Robbins