Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development

✍ Scribed by Nicholas A. Ashford; Ralph P. Hall

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 750
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In this book Nicholas A. Ashford and Ralph P. Hall offer a unified, transdisciplinary approach for achieving sustainable development in industrialized nations. They present an insightful analysis of the ways in which industrial states are currently unsustainable and how economic and social welfare are related to the environment, to public health and safety, and to earning capacity and meaningful and rewarding employment. The authors argue for the design of multipurpose solutions to the sustainability challenge that integrate economics, employment, technology, environment, industrial development, national and international law, trade, finance, and public and worker health and safety. This book is essential reading for anyone with a policy or scholarly interest in sustainable development and the critical roles of the economy, employment, and the environment.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Detailed Table of Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Overview
Part I. The Multidimensional Concept of Sustainability
Chapter 1. Concern for a Global Future
Chapter 2. The Emergence of Sustainable Development
Part II. Economic Development, Globalization, and Sustainability
Chapter 3. Economic Development and Prosperity: Current Theory and Debate
Chapter 4. Globalization: Technology, Trade Regimes, Capital Flows, and the International Economy
Chapter 5. Globalization and Sustainability
Part III. Industrial Policy and the Role of the Firm in Pursuing Sustainable Development
Chapter 6. The Importance of Technological Innovation
Chapter 7. Organizational Innovation and Learning: The Role of the Industrial Firm in Achieving Sustainable Development
Chapter 8. Government Policies to Foster Innovation, Economic Growth, and Employment
Part IV. National, Regional, and International Efforts to Advance Health, Safety, and the Environment
Chapter 9. Government Intervention to Protect the Environment, Public/Worker Health and Safety, and Consumer Product Safety
Chapter 10. Regional and International Regimes to Protect Health, Safety, and the Environment
Part V. International Trade and Finance
Chapter 11. Trade Regimes and Sustainability
Chapter 12. Financing Development
Part VI. Strategic Policy Design for Sustainable Transformations
Chapter 13. Pathways to Sustainability: Co- optimizing Economic Development, the Environment, and Employment
Index