Global civil society and global environmental governance
Subtitle: the politics of nature from place to planet
By: Ronnie D. Lipschutz with Judith Mayer.
Contributors: Mayer, Judith.
Series: SUNY series in international environmental policy and theory
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
Subjects: Environmentalism -- International cooperation.; Community power -- International cooperation.; World politics.
Description: What will it take to protect the global environment? In this book, Ronnie D. Lipschutz argues that neither world government nor green economies can do the job. Governmental regulations often are resisted by those whose behavior they are intended to change, and markets - even green ones - look to profits more than to protection. What will be needed, Lipschutz believes, is not global management but political action through community- and place-based organizations and projects.

People acting together locally can have a cumulative impact on environmental quality that is significant, long lasting, and widespread.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-348) and index.