Emerging Economies and Challenges to Sustainability: Theories, strategies, local realities (Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development)

By: Arve Hansen and Ulrikke Wethal

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Synopsis: The rise of emerging economies represents a challenge to traditional global power balances and raises the question of how we can combine sustainability with continued economic growth. Understanding this global shift and its impact on the environment is the paramount contemporary challenge for development-oriented researchers and policy makers alike. This book breaks new ground by combining scholarship on the role of emerging economies with research on sustainable development. The book investigates how the development strategies of emerging economies challenge traditional development theory and sustainability discourses. With regional introductions and original case studies from South Asia, East Asia, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, it discusses how to conceptualise sustainable development in the global race for economic prosperity. What characterises the development strategies of emerging economies, and what challenges are these posing for global sustainable development? How can emerging economies shed light on the global challenges, dilemmas and paradoxes of the relationship between socio-economic improvements and environmental degradation? This book will be a valuable resource for researchers and postgraduates in development studies, geography, economics and environmental studies.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 304 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781317752530
Related ISBNs:: 9780415747325, 9781138688018, 9781315797106
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 10/27/23
Copyrighted By:: Selection and editorial matter, Arve Hansen and Ulrikke Wethal
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Arve Hansen
Edited by:: Ulrikke Wethal