Globalisation Environment and Social Justice

<p>This volume provides a comprehensive account of the connections between globalisation, environment and social justice. It examines varied dimensions of environmental sustainability; the adverse impact of globalisation on environment and its consequences for poverty, unemployment and displacement; the impacts on marginalised sections such as scheduled castes and tribes and women; and policy frameworks for ensuring environmental sustainability and social justice. </p><p>The chapters build on detailed case studies from different parts of the world and deal with critical environmental issues such as global emissions, climate change, sustainable development, green politics, species protection, water governance, waste management, food production and governance besides education, inclusivity and human rights.</p><p>Presenting a range of topics alongside new perspectives and discourses, this interdisciplinary book will be useful to students and researchers of political studies, sociology, environmental studies as well as to policymakers and those working in the government and civil society organisations.</p> <p><strong>Part I: Globalisation, Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice: Perspectives and Issues</strong> 1. Globalisation, Environment and Social Justice: A Theoretical Insight<b> 2. </b>A Comparative Assessment of Climate Policies of Top Global Emitters and Evolution of an Effective Climate Regime: Issues of Environmental Effectiveness, Economic Efficiency, Equity and Political Feasibility<b> 3. </b>Politics of Environment: Green Parties in Europe as a Model for India<b> 4.</b> Globalisation and Political Economy of Protected Areas<b> 5. </b>Environmental Challenges in Brazil, Local and Global<b> 6. </b>Globalisation, Environment and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities in the Conservation of Water Catchments in South Eastern Kenya<b> 7. </b>The Glocal Paradox: Waste Production in Patna<b> 8. </b>Neo-Liberal Development, Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice: Contextualising Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme <b>Part II: Globalisation, Marginalised Sections and Social Justice: Problems and Challenges 9. </b>Institutional Challenges of CPR Management: Insights from Tawa Reservoir Fisheries Co-operative<b> 10. </b>Social Justice for Women and Girls: Global Pacts, Unmet Goals, Environmental Issues<b> 11. </b>Globalisation, Environmental Degradation and Tribal Identity: With Particular Reference to Central India<b> 12. </b>Sacred Landscape, Modes of Subsistence and Adivasi Rights in the Globalised World <b>13. </b>Re (Caste-ing) Justice: Globalisation and Dalits in India<b> Part III: Globalisation and Questions of Equity and Social Justice: Issues from Various Sectors 14. </b>Service-Level Benchmarking: Some Emerging Global Lessons for Indian Water Governance<b> 15. </b>Shifting Food Production and Consumption Patterns in Globalised India: Issues of Sustainability, Security and Justice<b> 16. </b>Transnational Higher Education (TNHE) Trends in India and China: Comparison of Euro-American and Chinese Models<b> 17. </b>Globalisation, IT and Governance: Implications for Social Justice and Inclusivity<b> 18.</b><i> </i>Risk and Vulnerability in the Neo-Liberal Order: Assessing Social Security in India</p>