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Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation Ser.: Environmental Impacts of Globalization and Trade : A Systems Study by Les Gasser and Corey L. Lofdahl (2002, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMIT Press
ISBN-100262122456
ISBN-139780262122450
eBay Product ID (ePID)1971029
Product Key Features
Number of Pages272 Pages
Publication NameEnvironmental Impacts of Globalization and Trade : a Systems Study
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEnvironmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), International / Economics, Globalization
Publication Year2002
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Science, Business & Economics
AuthorLes Gasser, Corey L. Lofdahl
SeriesGlobal Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight20.8 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2001-044755
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"This intriguing study applies lateral pressure theory previously used to understand great-power wars to global North-South relations and the environmental consequences of free trade. Lofdahl's work is notable for its use of multiple methodologies to analyze complex systems." -Joshua S. Goldstein, Professor of International Relations, American University
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal333.7
SynopsisAn analytic exploration of whether trade hurts or helps the environment. The relationship between trade and the environment has become an increasingly contentious issue between economists and environmentalists. Economists maintain that trade helps the natural environment because rich countries can better afford to protect their unspoiled areas. Environmentalists counter that the pursuit of national wealth drives global environmental degradation and that free trade accelerates the process. Instead of arguing one side or the other, this book uses new analytic methods, including a systems dynamics model, to seek an answer to the impasse. Using lateral pressure theory to account for politics within and among nations, it extends the theory's initial application (which was to explain the onset of war) to the environment by specifying additional connections between the natural and social spheres. In making explicit the complex causal connections between world trade and environmental degradation, the book finds that GNP increases in the rich, developed countries are linked to deforestation in the poorer, developing countries. It also uses insights derived from this finding to critique current trade policy prescriptions. Although researchers have made significant advances in understanding the determinants and consequences of innovation, until recently they have paid little attention to how innovation functions as an economic process. This book examines the nature and workings of markets for intermediate technological inputs. It looks first at how industry structure, the nature of knowledge, and intellectual property rights facilitate the development of technology markets. It then examines the impacts of these markets on firm boundaries, the division of labor within the economy, industry structure, and economic growth. Finally, it examines the implications of this framework for public policy and corporate strategy. Combining theoretical perspectives from economics and management with empirical analysis, the book also draws on historical evidence and case studies to flesh out its research results.
LC Classification NumberHF1379.L63 2002
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