Globalization and environment: capitalism, ecology and power / Peter newell

Chapter 1. Globalization and the Environment: Capitalism, Ecology and Power-- Chapter 2. The Political Ecology of Globalization-- Chapter 3. The Political Economy of Global Environmental Governance: Power(in) Globalization-- Chapter 4. Global Trade and the Environment: Whose Rules Rule?-- Chapter 5. Global Production and the Environment: Racing to the Top, Bottom or Middle?-- Chapter 6. Global Finance and the Environment: Gambling on Green--Chapter 7. Conclusions: Ecologizing Globalization/Globalizing Ecology.

Globalization and the Environment critically explores the actors, politics and processes that govern the relationship between globalization and the environment. Taking key aspects of globalisation in turn - trade, production and finance - the book highlights the relations of power at work that determine whether globalization is managed in a sustainable way and on whose behalf. Each chapter looks in turn at the political ecology of these central pillars of the global economy, reviewing evidence of its impact on diverse ecologies and societies, its governance - the political s.