The Condition of Sustainability

ISBN-13: 9780415194938 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 256 str.

Ian Drummond; Terry Marsden

Opis

This text progresses both the theory and practice of the concept of conditions of sustainability, by incorporating key elements of contemporary social theory into sustainability debates, both at a conceptual and practical level. The authors begin by considering why most current approaches to sustainable development have proved inadequate, arguing that most approaches concentrate on the definition and policing of various sustainability limits, and a more dynamic conception is necessary. Case study material, used for illustration and analysis throughout the book, focuses on the food system, particularly the sugar industry in Australia and Barbados - sugar being the most widely produced agricultural commodity in the world and widely associated with a range of environmental and social impacts which can be regarded as unsustainable.

Recenzje

'This is , without doubt, an impressive book. It displays a clarity of analysis and structure that is rare in works on the environment.' - Raymond L. Bryant, King's College London

'It is, in short, an accessible work that is also a major contribution to the literature on sustainability.' - Raymond L. Bryant, King's College London

Spis treści

Introduction 1 Sustainable development: the impasse and beyond 2 Realism: questions of ontology—understanding the causality of the unsustainable 3 Regulation and the conditioning of the unsustainable: questions of theory and practice 4 International food systems: creating spaces for foods and nature 5 Sugar 6 The regulation of the Barbados sugar industry 7 The regulation and re-regulation of the Australian sugar industry 8 The condition of sustainable development

O autorze

Ian Drummond (Author), Terry Marsden (Author)