Sustainable Development and Free Trade

Institutional Approaches
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-415-51455-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 488 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

Examining institutions rather than themes, this critical book provides a comprehensive survey of the inter-relationship between trade-induced economic growth and the environment and its impact on the global quest for sustainable development.

Focusing in particular on the interests and concerns of developing countries and the skewing of international environmental policies into justifications for trade protectionism Shawkat Alam argues that environmental protection issues are inextricably linked with the economic development of developing countries whilst offering arguments for reforming the current international trade and environmental paradigms.

Covering contemporary developments on both a global and regional level in a systematic fashion and examining the United Nation’s approach to sustainable development, this book is of interest to those studying in a range of disciplines, including development studies, environmental economics, the politics of international trade and environmental politics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alam, Shawkat

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Außenhandel
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Internationales Management
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.Establishingthe Linkage: The Trade-Environment Interface 2.The United Nations' Approachto Trade,the Environmentand Sustainable Development 3.GATT/WTO Approachesto Trade,the Environmentand Sustainable Development 4.The Trade-Environment Linkagein thePost-Urugay Round Context 5.Regional Approchesto Free Tradeand Sustainable Development: The European Union 6. Regional Approachesto Free Tradeand Sustainable Development: The North American Free Trade Agreement 7.Regional Approachesto Free Tradeand Sustainable Development: The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 8. Trade Restrictions Pursuantto Multilateral Environmental Agreements 9. Free Trade and Sustainable Development: Challenges Ahead

Über Autor(innen)

Shawkat Alam is Lecturer in Environmental Law at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.