Ideology, social theory, and paradigms -- Human evolution and socio-environmental outcomes -- Ideology and the environment: from isolation to integration -- Competing views on the population-resource balance -- Economic growth: for worse or for better? -- Towards a new concept and definition of...

The adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in December 1997 was a major achievement in the endeavour to tackle the problem of global climate change at the dawn of the 21st century. After many years of involvement in the negotiation process, the book's two internationally recognised authors now offer the...