Sustainable failures : environmental policy and democracy in a petro-dependent world /
"Environmental policies fail in conspicuous and egregious ways to sustain the natural resource base and protect citizens from production-generated risky exposures. In her engaging study, Sustainable Failures, Sherry Cable asks, why does environmental policy seem to be a contributing cause rathe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Environmental policies fail in conspicuous and egregious ways to sustain the natural resource base and protect citizens from production-generated risky exposures. In her engaging study, Sustainable Failures, Sherry Cable asks, why does environmental policy seem to be a contributing cause rather than a partial solution to environmental problems? Melding a biophysical science perspective of environmental processes with sociological insights into human behavior, Cable examines the people, policies, and issues of petrochemical dependence and broader environment questions. . She insists that our present policies around the manufacture and use of petroleum products violate rudimentary ecological principles--and do so in complicated ways"--provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 232 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781439909010 (electronic) 1439909016 (electronic) |