Unsustainable inequalities [electronic resource] : social justice and the environment / Lucas Chancel; translated by Malcolm DeBevoise.

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"Can we fight poverty and inequality while protecting the environment? The challenges are obvious. To rise out of poverty is to consume more resources, almost by definition. And many measures to combat pollution lead to job losses and higher prices that mainly hurt the poor. In Unsustainable Inequal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chancel, Lucas (Author)
Other Authors: DeBevoise, M. B. (Translator)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Social justice.
Environmental justice.
Equality > Economic aspects.
Economics > Sociological aspects.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2020 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2020 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Unsustainable Inequalities: Social Justice and the Environment
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Part One. The sources of unsustainable development: Economic inequality as a component of unsustainability
  • Current trends and underlying causes of economic inequality
  • Part Two. The vicious circle of environmental and social inequalities: Unequal access to environmental resources
  • Unequal exposure to environmental risks
  • Unequal responsibility for pollution
  • Part Three. Political, social, and economic policy implications: Reducing inequalities in a finite world
  • Local organization vs. international coordination.