Sustainability, growth, and globalization : a social science perspective

• Other Authors: Davis, James E. 1940- (Editor), Diem, Richard A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2013]
• Series: International social studies forum, the series.
• Subjects: Sustainable development.; Economic development > Social aspects.; Economic development > Costa Rica.; Globalization > Social aspects.; Business & Economics > Development > Sustainable Development.; Development economics and emerging economies.; Sustainability.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806613809
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-62396-249-4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (v, 122 pages) : illustrations, maps

Over the past decade the notion of sustainability has emerged as a precept that has been applied to government, commerce, the environment and technology. This volume will discuss how sustainability is reflected in economics, political science and geography through the lens of socio-economic change a...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Sustainability, growth and globalization
• Perspectives, speculation, and reality / Richard Diem
• Chapter 2. Economics and sustainability: A primer / James E. Davis
• Chapter 3. Sustainability in the arenas of power: An exploration of public policy / Charles S. White
• Chapter 4. Geography, sustainability and the future / Joseph Stoltman
• Chapter 5. Exploring pathways toward global sustainability through information and communications technologies for young learners in developing nations / Marvels and Misapplications / Ilene R. Berson and Michael J. Berson
• Chapter 6. Sustainability
• A national case example: Costa rica / Fran Lindau
• Chapter 7. Sustainability
• A local example: Monteverde / Costa Rica, Guillermo Vargas
• Chapter 8. Sustainability, monteverde and the social sciences
• Synthesis, reflections and suggestions / Murry Nelson. Author/Editor Bios.