Humanity in the twenty-first century is facing what might be described as its ultimate
environmental catastrophe: the destruction of the climate that has nurtured human …

Sustainable development requires knowledge of trade-offs and synergies between
environmental and non-environmental goals and targets. Understanding the ways in which …

Understanding the dynamics of land-use and land-cover has increasingly been recognized
as one of the key research imperatives in global environmental change research (eg, Turner …

Growing evidence demonstrating clear threats to the sustainability of the ecosystems
supporting human societies has given rise to a variety of sociological theories of human …

There is widespread agreement in the natural sciences that observed increases in average
global temperatures over the past century are due in large part to the anthropogenic (human …

Inside the engine-room of China's economic growth—the China Development Bank Anyone
wanting a primer on the secret of China's economic success need look no further than China …

Objective. We draw on ecological modernization theory and international political economy
arguments to examine the sources of an environmental Kuznets curve (or EKC) that …

This paper argues that a focus on the economic causes of environmental sustainability is
inadequate and that national culture must also be included in a complete discussion of the …

Political‐economic sociologists have long investigated the dynamics and consequences of
international trade. With few exceptions, this area of inquiry ignores the possible …

World-systems analysis has developed rapidly over the past thirty years. Today's students
and junior scholars come to world-systems analysis as a well-established approach …