Emerging Economies and Challenges to Sustainability - 9781138688018

Taylor & Francis

Emerging Economies and Challenges to SustainabilityTheories, strategies, local realities\nAuthor(s): Arve Hansen, Ulrikke Wethal\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138688018, 978-1138688018\nSynopsis\nThe rise of emerging economies represents a challenge to traditional global power balances and raises the question of how we can combine sustainability with continued economic growth. Understanding this global shift and its impact on the environment is the paramount contemporary challenge for development-oriented researchers and policy makers alike. This book breaks new ground by combining scholarship on the role of emerging economies with research on sustainable development.\n\nThe book investigates how the development strategies of emerging economies challenge traditional development theory and sustainability discourses. With regional introductions and original case studies from South Asia, East Asia, Latin America.