Shadows of Consumption : Consequences for the Global Environment

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction The Ecological Shadows of Rising Consumption -- 1 An Unbalanced Global Political Economy -- 2 Dying of Consumption -- I Automobiles -- 3 Accidental Dependency? The Road to an Auto World -- 4 A Better Ride: Selling Safe and Clean -- 5 The Road Tolls -- 6 The Globalization of Accidents and Emissions -- II Leaded Gasoline -- 7 Leaded Science: Pumping Out Profi ts and Risks -- 8 Lead Must Go -- 9 Taking the Lead Out of Africa -- 10 The Globalization of Risk -- III Refrigerators -- 11 Refrigerating the Ozone Layer -- 12 Phasing Out CFC Refrigerators -- 13 Selling the "Superior" Refrigerator -- 14 The Globalization of Plugging In -- IV Beef -- 15 The Efficient Steer: Fast, Fat, and Cheap -- 16 The Ecology of Big Beef -- 17 Sustainable Beef? Chasing a Stampede of "Regular" Steers -- 18 The Globalization of More Meat -- V The Harp Seal Hunt -- 19 To the Red Ice: Heroes and Overharvesting -- 20 The Brutes! Killing Markets with Activism -- 21 Hunting Beaters for Globalizing Markets -- 22 The Globalization of Slippery Markets -- Conclusion Transforming Global Consumption -- 23 The Illusions of Environmentalism -- 24 A Brighter World Order of Balanced Consumption -- Notes -- References -- Index.