Calls into question the very universal, unquestioned assumptions about globalization, development, and environmental change that undergird much of development and economic policy. Compels the reader to question conventional wisdom and explores alternative ways of achieving meaningful, enduring improvements to human well-being.

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EDWARD R. CARR Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of South Carolina. He is also the climate change adaptation coordinator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance at the United States Agency for International Development. He is the author of more than 30 publications on issues of development, adaptation to climate change, and the changing global environment. He has been awarded a Science and Technology Policy Fellowship from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, and a Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. He has been covered in the New York Times (http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/climate-panel-struggles-with-media-plan/) and his blog: www.edwardrcarr.com/opentheechochamber receives thousands of unique visitors each month.

Inhalt
Taking it all Apart Getting to the 'Beach' A Day at the Beach Living with Uncertainty Nothing Has Always Been Like This The Tide Goes Out The Tide Comes Back In Scaling Up: Why the Lessons of Dominase and Ponkrum Matter to the World Losing the Signal in the Noise The Long Emergency on the Shoreline of Globalization: It's Not Their Problem Understanding the World Anew Truly Participatory Development Two Futures (Out of Many) Uncertainty Is Hope Bibliography