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OverviewThis book argues that the United States refuses to address global warming because of the reliance of the American economy on urban sprawl. Full Product DetailsAuthor: George A. GonzalezPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.399kg ISBN: 9780791493892ISBN 10: 079149389 Pages: 170 Publication Date: 05 March 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Urban Sprawl and the Empire of Capital 2. Political Economy and the Imperatives of the State 3. Real Estate Interests and the Techniques of Urban Sprawl 4. The Federal Government and the National Establishment of Urban Sprawl 5. U.S. Oil Policy and Urban Sprawl 6. Democratic Ethics, Environmental Groups, and Symbolic Inclusion: The Case of Global Warming Conclusion: Political Power and the Future of the Planet Notes References IndexReviews...an interesting critique of the role that business elites played in the suburbanization and urban sprawl that have helped lead to global warming. - Business History Review ...an important piece of scholarship that adds depth and dimension to understanding the politics of U.S. climate policy. - Political Science Quarterly ...[a] highly insightful volume ... At the heart of Gonzalez's book is a revealing historical analysis ... in which he lays out the techniques by which urban sprawl was promoted across the country, and the implications of this for US oil policy. - Environmental Politics Gonzalez offers both an excellent research project and an excellent analysis of theorists who have written on how public policy is created and who creates it. - CHOICE Author InformationGeorge A. Gonzalez is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. He is the author of The Politics of Air Pollution: Urban Growth, Ecological Modernization, and Symbolic Inclusion and the coeditor (with Sheldon Kamieniecki and Robert O. Vos) of Flashpoints in Environmental Policymaking: Controversies in Achieving Sustainability, both also published by SUNY Press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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