Between Two Worlds: Science, the Environmental Movement and Policy Choice - Couverture souple

Caldwell, Lynton

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521337437 ISBN 13 : 9780521337434

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Poses the question 'Will humans adapt their ways of life to conserve the natural systems on which their future and the living world depend?'

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The focus of this book is on changes in the human situation wrought by unprecedented changes in science-based technology and expanding populations. Increasing scientific information concerning these changes and their consequences is beginning to alter people's perceptions, thus providing a rational basis for a worldwide environmental movement. This movement - complex and differentiated - works through political and educational means to establish new social priorities consistent with scientific findings and the sustainability of life on Earth. The success of this effort would signify a new phase of social development. The thesis of this book is that human-made changes in the condition of the Earth, accompanied by the changing attitudes and values implicit in the environmental movement, constitute an historical discontinuity. The present era represents a transition between the assumptions and conditions that have hitherto characterized the modern world, and those of the post-modern world that is emerging. Science and technology, so vividly symbolized in the view from outer space, are fundamentally changing our traditional beliefs about human opportunities and limitations - and these changes are slowly being reflected in international policies and laws. If humanity today succeeds in establishing a sustainable relationship to Earth, a higher level of civilisation will have been achieved. This thought-provoking view will interest students and professionals in the science and politics of the environment.

Revue de presse

'This book is a pioneering synthesis of what has been learned about environmental problem-solving over roughly the last two decades.' Colorado Journal of International Law and Policy

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521337437
• ISBN 13: 9780521337434
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 244
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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