Economics, ethics, and environmental policy : contested choices / edited by Daniel W. Bromley and Jouni Paavola.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bromley, Daniel W., 1940-

Paavola, Jouni.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental economics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Environmental economics.

Environmental policy--Economic aspects.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

x, 286 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2002.

Summary:

Economics, Ethics, and Environmental Policy: Contested Choices offers a comprehensive analysis of the ethical problems associated with basing environmental policy on economic analysis, and ways to overcome these problems. The volume has practical relevance because policy recommendations and choices based on economic analysis are often contested by critics. This book takes their criticism seriously. It seeks to clarify and defend the ethical foundations of environmental economics and examines what lessons environmental economics should draw from the criticism. As a result, the volume improves our understanding of the ethical foundations and implications of economic analysis of environmental problems and policy. The contribution is all the more important because the problem has not been extensively studied.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

063122968X

0631229698

OCLC:

48055541