Sustaining life on earth : environmental and human health through global governance

Westra, Laura. (Added Author). Soskolne, Colin L. (Colin Lionel) (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0739117300 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780739117309 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0739117297 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780739117293 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xxi, 459 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Lanham, MD ; Toronto : Lexington Books, c2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Intitutions for global governance / Klaus Bosselmann -- A covenant of covenants: A federal vision of global governance for the twenty-first century / J. Ronald Engel -- Market society and ecological integrity: Theory and practice / Richard Westra -- A full spectrum integrity index of nations / Helmut Burkhardt -- Linkages among globalization, human rights, and health / Maud Huynen and Pim Martens -- Toward sustainability with justice: Are human nature and history on side? / William E. Rees -- Protecting society from itself: Reconnecting ecology and economy / James R. Karr -- Strong sustainability and environmental policy: Justification and implementation / Konrad Ott and Raf Doring -- Evolution of the ecological integrity debate / David Manuel-Navarrete, James J. Kay and Dan Dolderman -- Collective decision-making bridging public health, sustainability governance, and environmental management / Valerie Brown -- Toward sustainable environmental governance in South Africa: cooperative environmental governance and integrated environmental management as possible solutions to fragmentation / Louis J. Kotze -- A sense of possibility: What does governance for health and ecological sustainability look like? / Daniel Rainham, Ian McDowell, and Daniel Krewski -- The Earth Charter, ethics , and global governance / Brendan Mackey.