Nature's Revenge : Reclaiming Sustainability in an Age of Corporate Globalization / Mike Gismondi, James Goodman, Josee Johnston.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gismondi, Michael Anthony, editor.

Goodman, James, editor.

Johnston, Josee, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Capitalism--Environmental aspects.

Capitalism.

Sustainable development--Citizen participation.

Anti-globalization movement.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The social and political contest over the meaning of the term "sustainable development" is vital. Those who win will dictate the agenda and the policies around future environmental issues. This book proposes a radical definition of sustainability, reclaiming the word from the rhetoric typically used by corporations and governments to facilitate unrelenting economic growth and the notion of "business as usual." The authors base their approach on the classic notion of the "commons." This key concept in environmental circles traditionally refers to commonly held, or shared, rights and property such as water, air, and other resources necessary for human survival. In this book the idea of the commons is also extended to include what the authors call the "social commons," encompassing areas such as community knowledge and culture. The authors argue that the social commons should be democratically controlled, and at all levels of ecological reality from the local to the global. Here the "commons" are seen as operating in a spatially fluid manner, across not only geographical boundaries, but also human generations and ecological timescapes. The authors stress the complex interrelations that exist at local, regional, national, continental, and global levels of human organization and observe that there can be no simple solution confined to one particular scale of action. They critique advocates of an exclusive concentration on localism just as much as those who argue it is enough simply to write global treaties. This book seeks to reclaim public power against private interests, thus creating an empowered, sustainable ecological community.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. POLITICIZING EXHAUSTION: ECO-SOCIAL CRISIS AND THE GEOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE FOR COSMOPOLITANS / Johnston, Josée / Gismondi, Michael / Goodman, James

PART I: CORPORATE "SUSTAINABILITY"

2. WHO CARES ABOUT THE COMMONS? / Johnston, Josée

3. ELECTRICITY RESTRUCTURING'S DIRTY SECRET: THE ENVIRONMENT / Griffin Cohen, Marjorie

4. WET DREAMS: IDEOLOGY AND THE DEBATES OVER CANADIAN WATER EXPORTS / Biro, Andrew

5. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CODES OF CONDUCT: THE FOX GUARDING THE CHICKEN COOP? / Lock, Ineke C.

PART II: ALTERNATIVE SUSTAINABILITIES

6. THE NATURE OF LOCAL REACH / Gismondi, Michael

7. LEAVE IT IN THE GROUND! ECO-SOCIAL ALLIANCES FOR SUSTAINABILITY / Goodman, James

8. LOCAL PARTICIPATION AND SUSTAINABILITY: A STUDY OF THREE RURAL COMMUNITIES IN OAXACA, SOUTHERN MEXICO / Santiago Jiménez, Evelinda / Barkin, David

9. TOWARD A MOVEMENT OF MULTIPLE SCALES: THE CANADIAN JUBILEE 2000 INITIATIVE / Conway, Janet

10. BEYOND THE LOCAL AND THE GLOBAL: SCALES OF RESISTANCE, REPRESSION, AND SUSTAINABILITY / Grenfell, Damian

11. AFTERWORD: ONLY SUSTAIN ... THE ENVIRONMENT, "ANTI-GLOBALIZATION," AND THE RUNAWAY BICYCLE / Anderson, James

12. CONCLUSION: MOVING FROM A VENGEFUL NATURE TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY PATHWAYS / Johnston, Josée / Gismondi, Michael / Goodman, James

REFERENCES

CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

1-4426-0220-1

OCLC:

1114826318