The Earth Brokers

Autorentext

Pratap Chatterjee is Global Environmental Editor of the Inter Press Service, Washington, DC.,
Matthias Finger is Associate Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York.

Klappentext

Presents the first critical analysis of the Earth Summit and its mission document Agenda 21, providing core source material in an accessible style for students studying global politics, environment and development studies courses.

Inhalt

Introduction; Part I The Documents; Chapter 1 Whose Common Future?; Chapter 2 Southern Elites; Chapter 3 Rio and Bust; Part II Non-governmental Organizations; Chapter 4 Telling 'Greens' Apart; Chapter 5 Feeding the Peoples into the Green Machine; Chapter 6 What Did Environmental NGOs Achieve?; Part III Business and Industry; Chapter 7 Promoting Big Business at Rio; Chapter 8 Changing What?; Part IV Finance and Institutions; Chapter 9 Can Money Save the World?; Chapter 10 Institutional Outcomes; Part V Conclusions; Chapter 11 What Now?;