A livable planet : human rights in the global economy / Madison Powers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powers, Madison, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental justice.

Human rights--Environmental aspects.

Human rights.

Environmental degradation.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Humanity faces an ecological predicament, consisting of a cluster of concurrent, mutually reinforcing crises. They are causally intertwined and resistant to resolution in isolation. In addition to climate disruption, the cluster includes land-system change, loss of biodiversity and biosphere integrity, alteration of biogeochemical cycles, and decreased freshwater availability. Madison Powers argues for a targeted human rights approach to the resolution of our predicament. He assigns priority to a bundle of rights strategically important for counteracting ecologically unsustainable, economically predatory market practices.

Contents:

1. Our Ecological Predicament

Convergent Crises

Summary of Chapters

2. Sustainability and Political Economy

Conceptions of Sustainability

The Logic of Capitalism

Psychological Explanations

Economic Growth

The By-​Product of Inequality

Practical Implications

3. Market Fundamentalism

Market Fundamentalism and Neoliberal Policies

Three Rationales for Market Fundamentalism

The Non-​Interference Conception of Freedom

4. Human Rights and Ecological Goals

The Normative Framework of Human Rights

Rights, Duties, and Structural Inequality

Three Problems of Application

Rights, Duties, and Violations

5. Market Power and Legal Advantage

The Consolidation of Market Power

The Realignment of State Power

Gaming the System of States

Control over Capital Investment

6. Land Use and Its Consequences

Farmland and Food Security

Impacts Beyond Land

Forests and Biosphere Integrity

Land and Human Rights

7. Water and Social Organization

The Management of Scarcity

The Political Economy of Water Resources

The Privatization of Essential Services

8. Energy Transition Pathways

False Hopes

False Starts

Path Dependencies

Human Rights and Alternative Pathways

9. Control over the Future

Wealth and Power

Sovereign States and Global Problems.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on December 16, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-775602-6

0-19-775603-4

0-19-775601-8

OCLC:

1414974954