Keywords:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
By unveiling the influence of social rules at all levels of society-from private property to government policy, and from the rules governing our oceans to the dynamics of innovation and change within corporations and communities-Who Rules the Earth? is essential reading for anyone who understands that sustainability is not just a personal choice, but a political struggle.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (349 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780199896622
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1890742
DDC:
363.7
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Who Rules the Earth? How Social Rules Shape Our Planet and Our Lives -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Searching for Solutions -- 1: Recycling Is Not Enough -- A NEW LANDSCAPE -- MEANWHILE IN AMERICA -- CHANGING THE RULES -- EXPLAINING THE PUZZLE -- WINDOWS INTO POLITICS -- PAIRING RESEARCH AND ACTION -- 2: Strings Attached -- INVISIBLE WORLDS -- TIES THAT BIND -- RULES AND FREEDOM -- THE WORLD'S LARGEST MACHINE -- THE GHOST OF POLITICS -- THE ROAD AHEAD -- 3: Feasible Worlds -- RE-BUILDING THE WORLD -- THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE -- BARRIERS AND BREAKTHROUGHS -- SHARING INFORMATION -- LOWERING BARRIERS TO COOPERATION -- PEERING INTO THE GARBAGE CAN -- CONFRONTING POWER -- WHAT IS POLITICALLY FEASIBLE? -- CREATING VALUE -- OF RUIN AND POSSIBILITY -- Part II: Who Owns the Earth? -- 4: A Perilous Journey -- PROPERTIES OF NATURE -- PROPERTY AND THE PEACH -- A BIRD'S EYE VIEW -- Callanga Valley, Peru -- Junín Department, Peru -- Cordillera Occidental, Colombian Andes -- Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia -- Central America's Atlantic Coast -- Santa Catarina Ixtepeji, Mexico -- The Caribbean Sea -- Boone County, West Virginia -- A BIRD IN THE HAND -- 5: The Big Trade -- GETTING THE LEAD OUT -- THE RULE OF THE FRENCH FRY -- REGULATIONS ARE A CAPITALIST'S BEST FRIEND -- WHEN MARKETS FAIL -- PROFITING FROM REGULATION -- INTRODUCING MARKETS WITHIN RULES -- CAP AND TRADE -- THE "GRAND EXPERIMENT" -- THE EMPTY JAR -- THE MAD CAPPER -- HOT PROPERTY -- THE BOTTOM LINE ON BOTTOM-LINE APPROACHESTO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION -- 6: A Planet of Nations -- NATIONS MATTER -- CHARTING THE TERRITORY -- SULTANS FOR SUSTAINABILITY? -- THE CAPACITY TO ACT -- SUSTAINING SUSTAINABILITY -- A STRANGE MEDLEY -- WHEN GOVERNMENTS DO RIGHT -- WHEN GOVERNMENTS DO WRONG -- WHICH WAY, USA? -- SHIFTING SANDS -- Part III: Transformations.
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7: Scaling Up -- THE RULEMAKERS -- POWER UP -- A FRACTURED CONTINENT -- TAKING ON THE "EUROPEAN PROBLEM" -- A UNITED STATES OF EUROPE? -- GREENING EUROPE -- A RELUCTANT EMBRACE -- SOMETHING NEW ON THE CHARENTE RIVER -- 8: Scaling Down -- PIECES OF PARADISE -- DOWNSHIFT -- POWER PLAY -- RESHUFFLING THE POLITICAL DECK -- TILTING THE EARTH'S POLITICAL AXIS -- IS LOCAL CONTROL A GOOD THING? -- THE TRAGEDY OF THE OVERWORKED METAPHOR -- THE BUS RIDE TO NOWHERE -- A RACE TO THE BOTTOM? -- INCREASING THE SPREAD -- CHINESE BOXES -- THE POLITICAL ELEVATOR -- 9: Keep the Change -- FOUR IDEAS THAT WILL NOT CHANGE THE WORLD -- RECYCLING ALONE -- THE RUTS WE CHOOSE -- THE COLLECTIVE "SHOULD" -- WATCHING SOCIETY CHANGE ITS MIND -- HIGH-SPEED CHANGE -- MIND AND MUSCLE -- CREATURES OF HABIT -- EMBEDDED RELATIONSHIPS -- THE PERILS OF PERMANENCE -- TEFLON AND TAR PITS -- DON'T JUST BREAK THE RULES-MAKE THEM -- Part IV: Leverage -- 10: Super Rules -- WHO DECIDES? -- TILTED BY DESIGN -- SHAPING AND SHOPPING -- MAKING IT MATTER -- MAINSTREAMING -- A LITTLE SUNSHINE -- SYSTEM EFFECTS -- 11: Paper, Plastic, or Politics? -- THE EMPEROR AND THE ACTIVIST -- FLOWER POWER -- 1. RULE THE EARTH -- 2. BRIDGE RESEARCH AND ACTION -- 3. BUILD UNCONVENTIONAL COALITIONS -- 4. CREATE PUBLIC VALUE -- 5. BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL -- 6. CULTIVATE PROCESS EXPERTISE -- 7. THINK VERTICALLY -- 8. AND YES, KEEP RECYCLING -- Notes -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- CHAPTER 7 -- CHAPTER 8 -- CHAPTER 9 -- CHAPTER 10 -- CHAPTER 11 -- Index.
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