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Commoditization and Its Impact on Environment and Society

By: Jack P. Manno

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Hardcover | 25 October 1999 | Edition Number 1

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280 Pages

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15.9 x 24.3 x 2.2

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What are the obstacles in the way of effectively solving the environmental crises of our time? What can we do to overcome them? These may be two of the most important questions heading into the 21st century. Organized human societies have the ability to completely change the world. While we have excelled at building, destroying and rebuilding, we have not succeeded at conserving, preserving, and sustaining.
Priviledged Goods: Commoditization and Its Impact on Environment and Society suggests that our propensity toward environmental destruction - a tragic flaw of the modern economy - can be understood as a result of hidden economic forces. These forces drive social and economic development towards increasing mobilization of energy and material beyond what is actually needed to achieve general prosperity and meet basic human needs. The author explains the complex concept of commoditization using examples from key sectors of society.
Interdisciplinary in scope, Privileged Goods: Commoditization and Its Impact on Environment and Society will appeal to a wide variety of environmental professionals. It explains the key concepts, discusses the history of public policy, analyzes the "appropriate technology" movement of the 70s and compares it to the sustainable development movement of today.

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"There is no doubt that the authors have compiled the most comprehensive IP manual that is available. This work is an excellent resource and a very effective tutorial guide for anyone who may participate in an IP value chain." -Richard F. Wilson, USDA-REE-ARS-NPS-CPPVS "provides new insight into why economies have increasingly marginalized many aspects of nature and society." -Ecological Economics, March 2001 "The validity of Manno's argument lies in his careful building of the relationship between commoditization and nonsustainable development. An insightful read for scholars as well as general readers." -J. Collins, University of Arkansas, in CHOICE" Manno does a solid job of connecting the excesses of the commodity culture to contemporary concerns such as the oppression of women and the survival of indigenous peoples' cultures as economics books go, this one is generally quite accessible." o does a solid job of connecting the excesses of the commodity culture to contemporary concerns such as the oppression of women and the survival of indigenous peoples' cultures as economics books go, this one is generally quite accessible." -Barry Boyer, Dean of the University of Buffalo Law School, in Great Lakes United Promo Copy Boyer, Dean of the University of Buffalo Law School, in Great Lakes United Promo Copy

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