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A Good Life on a Finite Earth - The Political Economy of Green Growth (Hardcover)
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A Good Life on a Finite Earth - The Political Economy of Green Growth (Hardcover)
Series: Studies Comparative Energy and Environ
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The potential conflict among economic and ecological goals has
formed the central fault line of environmental politics in the
United States and most other countries since the 1970s. The
accepted view is that efforts to protect the environment will
detract from economic growth, jobs, and global competitiveness.
Conversely, much advocacy on behalf of the environment focuses on
the need to control growth and avoid its more damaging effects.
This offers a stark choice between prosperity and growth, on the
one hand, and ecological degradation on the other. Stopping or
reversing growth in most countries is unrealistic, economically
risky, politically difficult, and is likely to harm the very groups
that should be protected. At the same time, a strategy of unguided
"growth above all" would cause ecological catastrophe. Over the
last decade, the concept of green growth - the idea that the right
mix of policies, investments, and technologies will lead to
beneficial growth within ecological limits - has become central to
global and national debates and policy due to the financial crisis
and climate change. As Daniel J. Fiorino argues, in order for green
growth to occur, ecological goals must be incorporated into the
structure of the economic and political systems. In this book, he
looks at green growth, a vast topic that has heretofore not been
systematically covered in the literature on environmental policy
and politics. Fiorino looks at its role in global, national, and
local policy making; its relationship to sustainable development;
controversies surrounding it (both from the left and right); its
potential role in ameliorating inequality; and the policy
strategies that are linked with it. The book also examines the
political feasibility of green growth as a policy framework. While
he focuses on the United States, Fiorino will draw comparisons to
green growth policy in other countries, including Germany, China,
and Brazil.
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