Achieving Broad-Based Sustainable Development: Governance, Environment, and Growth with Equity
James H. Weaver, Michael T. Rock, and Kenneth Kusterer | | ISBN: 978-1-56549-058-1 $28.50 |
| 1996/293 pages/LC: 96-4728 A Kumarian Press Book |
DESCRIPTION
Achieving Broad-Based Sustainable Development presents a holistic approach to development that extends beyond the narrow goal of economic growth. The authors provide a thoroughly accessible model for integrating economic development, environmental sustainability, and the full range of factors—social, cultural, and political—affecting both.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James H. Weaver is professor emeritus of economics at American University. Michael T. Rock is professor of economics at Bryn Mawr College. Kenneth Kusterer is professor emeritus of sociology at American University.
CONTENTS
- Introduction.
- APPROACHING BROAD-BASED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
- The Concept of Broad-Based Sustainable Development.
- Forty Years of Economic Development.
- Development Strategies.
- MACRO POLICIES FOR BROAD-BASED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
- The Role of Governance.
- Economic Policies.
- Transitional Socialist Economies: Russia and China.
- SECTORAL POLICIES FOR BROAD-BASED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
- The Role of Agriculture and Rural Development.
- The Role of Urban, Industrial, and Trade Policies.
- Policies in Education.
- Health Policies.
- Population Policies.
- HUMAN FREEDOM AND BROAD-BASED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
- The Role of Women.
- The Role of Civil Society.
- Freedom to Develop: Human Rights and Democratic Participation.
- ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
- Optimistic and Pessimistic Assessments of Environmental Sustainability.
- Environmental Policies to Achieve Broad-Based Sustainable Development.
- REFORMING THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER.
- International Economic Orders and Broad-Based Sustainable Development.
"This excellent, well-written book puts people back at the center of development by asking questions: what to produce, for whom and how, and how to combine production with participation, freedom, and respect for our natural environment."—Paul Streeten, Boston University
"For those committed to sustainable development, this book will provide an invaluable frame of reference."—Kenneth P. Jameson, University of Utah
"Recounts striking social and economic achievements of recent decades and analyzes failures to address human dimensions of growth, equity, and good governance.... A ringing call for economic policies that distribute human, physical, and land assets [and their benefits] more equitably."—Cynthia Taft Morris, Smith College