Development, power, and the environment : neoliberal paradox in the age of vulnerability / Md Saidul Islam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Islam, Md Saidul, author.

Series:

Routledge Studies in Development and Society

Routledge studies in development and society ; 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Power (Social sciences).

Global environmental change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Unmasking the neoliberal paradox, this book provides a robust conceptual and theoretical synthesis of development, power and the environment. With seven case studies on global challenges such as under-development, food regime, climate change, dam building, identity politics, and security vulnerability, the book offers a new framework of a ""double-risk"" society for the Global South. With apparent ecological and social limits to neoliberal globalization and development, the current levels of consumption are unsustainable, inequitable, and inaccessible to the majority of humans. Power

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Tableof Contents; List of Tables; Glossary/Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Concepts and Theories; 1. Challenges of Our Time: Environmental and Social Vulnerabilities; Introduction; Understanding Vulnerabilities; Global Environmental Problems; When Nature Strikes; The Dominance and Influence of Transnational Corporations; TNCs and the Role of Global Media; "Powerless": Dilemmas of Third World Development and the Environment; Structure of the Book; 2. Understanding Power in Social Organization; Introduction

Nature and Characteristics of Social PowerForms of Social Power; Theoretical Perspectives on Social Power; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; 3. Paradigms of Development and Their Power Dynamics; Introduction; Development and Power; The Development Project and Power Negotiation; Critique of the Postmodern Critique; Acknowledgments; 4. Theorizing Nature-Society Relationships; Introduction; The Relationshipbetween Consumption and the Environment; Treadmill of Production; World-Systems Theory; Theory of Metabolic RIFT; Ecological Modernization; Risk-Society Thesis

5. Neoliberal Paradox: Connection through DisconnectionUnderstanding Neoliberalism; Paradoxes of Neoliberalism; The End of the Neoliberal Project?; Part II: Case Studies; 6. Development Dynamics in the Global South: From Colonization to Globalization; Development: From Colonization to Globalization; Dominance of Neoliberal Globalization; Neoliberal Globalization in Asia; Neoliberal Globalization in Latin America; International Financial Institutions and Neoliberal Globalization; Whitherdevelopment?; 7. Green Revolution: Transformation, Optimism, and Reality; Introduction

Green Revolution and AfterConclusion; 8. Food and Power: The Mirage of the Food-Aid Regime; The Food-Aid Regime in Context; Motives of Food Aid; Case Study: Food Aid and India; Case Study: Food Aid and Central America; Modern Implications of Food Aid; Conclusion; 9. Climate Politics: Power and Development in Mortgaging the Planet; Introduction; Mighty Economy, Vulnerable Planet; Climate Politics from Kyoto to Durban; Obsession Over Power and Development Corrupts; 10. Tipaimukh Dam: Triumph of Development over the Environment and Popular Voice; Introduction

Environmental and Social Impacts of the Tipaimukh DamEnvironmental Resistance Against the Tipaimukh Dam; Local Issue, Global Movement: Powerthrough Solidarity; Semi-Periphery Development, Periphery Burden; Conclusion; 11. Labeling Tribal: State Power in Forming and Transforming Identities; Introduction; Labeling; Highlanders in Thailand and Indonesia; Forming and Transforming Identity in Thailand; Forming and Transforming Identity in Indonesia; Conclusion; 12. A Neoliberal Knowledge/Power/Security Regime after 9/11: The Case of the "Muslim Patient"; Introduction

Development Discourse and Representations

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed June 26, 2013).

ISBN:

1-135-03626-8

0-203-76881-7

9780203768815

OCLC:

847524716