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Who rules the earth? : how social rules shape our planet and our lives /
"Climate change and its attendant environmental catastrophes--droughts, wildfires, floods, heat waves, and so on--are no longer a looming threat; they're here, now. In this age of well-warranted environmental panic, every trip to the grocery store or purchase from Amazon must become a full...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Who Rules the Earth? How Social Rules Shape Our Planet and Our Lives; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I: Searching for Solutions; 1: Recycling Is Not Enough; A NEW LANDSCAPE; MEANWHILE IN AMERICA; CHANGING THE RULES; EXPLAINING THE PUZZLE; WINDOWS INTO POLITICS; PAIRING RESEARCH AND ACTION; 2: Strings Attached; INVISIBLE WORLDS; TIES THAT BIND; RULES AND FREEDOM; THE WORLD'S LARGEST MACHINE; THE GHOST OF POLITICS; THE ROAD AHEAD; 3: Feasible Worlds; RE-BUILDING THE WORLD; THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE; BARRIERS AND BREAKTHROUGHS; SHARING INFORMATION.
- LOWERING BARRIERS TO COOPERATIONPEERING INTO THE GARBAGE CAN; CONFRONTING POWER; WHAT IS POLITICALLY FEASIBLE?; CREATING VALUE; OF RUIN AND POSSIBILITY; Part II: Who Owns the Earth?; 4: A Perilous Journey; PROPERTIES OF NATURE; PROPERTY AND THE PEACH; A BIRD'S EYE VIEW; Callanga Valley, Peru; Junín Department, Peru; Cordillera Occidental, Colombian Andes; Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia; Central America's Atlantic Coast; Santa Catarina Ixtepeji, Mexico; The Caribbean Sea; Boone County, West Virginia; A BIRD IN THE HAND; 5: The Big Trade; GETTING THE LEAD OUT; THE RULE OF THE FRENCH FRY.
- REGULATIONS ARE A CAPITALIST'S BEST FRIENDWHEN MARKETS FAIL; PROFITING FROM REGULATION; INTRODUCING MARKETS WITHIN RULES; CAP AND TRADE; THE "GRAND EXPERIMENT"; THE EMPTY JAR; THE MAD CAPPER; HOT PROPERTY; THE BOTTOM LINE ON BOTTOM-LINE APPROACHESTO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; 6: A Planet of Nations; NATIONS MATTER; CHARTING THE TERRITORY; SULTANS FOR SUSTAINABILITY?; THE CAPACITY TO ACT; SUSTAINING SUSTAINABILITY; A STRANGE MEDLEY; WHEN GOVERNMENTS DO RIGHT; WHEN GOVERNMENTS DO WRONG; WHICH WAY, USA?; SHIFTING SANDS; Part III: Transformations; 7: Scaling Up; THE RULEMAKERS; POWER UP.
- A FRACTURED CONTINENTTAKING ON THE "EUROPEAN PROBLEM"; A UNITED STATES OF EUROPE?; GREENING EUROPE; A RELUCTANT EMBRACE; SOMETHING NEW ON THE CHARENTE RIVER; 8: Scaling Down; PIECES OF PARADISE; DOWNSHIFT; POWER PLAY; RESHUFFLING THE POLITICAL DECK; TILTING THE EARTH'S POLITICAL AXIS; IS LOCAL CONTROL A GOOD THING?; THE TRAGEDY OF THE OVERWORKED METAPHOR; THE BUS RIDE TO NOWHERE; A RACE TO THE BOTTOM?; INCREASING THE SPREAD; CHINESE BOXES; THE POLITICAL ELEVATOR; 9: Keep the Change; FOUR IDEAS THAT WILL NOT CHANGE THE WORLD; RECYCLING ALONE; THE RUTS WE CHOOSE; THE COLLECTIVE "SHOULD."
- WATCHING SOCIETY CHANGE ITS MINDHIGH-SPEED CHANGE; MIND AND MUSCLE; CREATURES OF HABIT; EMBEDDED RELATIONSHIPS; THE PERILS OF PERMANENCE; TEFLON AND TAR PITS; DON'T JUST BREAK THE RULES-MAKE THEM; Part IV: Leverage; 10: Super Rules; WHO DECIDES?; TILTED BY DESIGN; SHAPING AND SHOPPING; MAKING IT MATTER; MAINSTREAMING; A LITTLE SUNSHINE; SYSTEM EFFECTS; 11: Paper, Plastic, or Politics?; THE EMPEROR AND THE ACTIVIST; FLOWER POWER; 1. RULE THE EARTH; 2. BRIDGE RESEARCH AND ACTION; 3. BUILD UNCONVENTIONAL COALITIONS; 4. CREATE PUBLIC VALUE; 5. BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL; 6. CULTIVATE PROCESS EXPERTISE.