{"product_id":"delhi-human-development-report-2013-copy-1","title":"Eco-Imperialism","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"display\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yourdiv\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"display_right\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThis book should have been written years ago. It reveals a dark secret of the ideological environmental movement. The movement imposes the views of mostly wealthy, comfortable Americans and Europeans on mostly poor, desperate Africans, Asians and Latin Americans. It violates these people’s most basic human rights, denying them economic opportunities, the chance for better lives, the right to rid their countries of diseases that were vanquished long ago in Europe and the United States. Even worse, in league with the European Union, United Nations and other bureaucrats, the movement stifles vigorous, responsible debate over energy, pesticides, biotechnology and trade. It prevents needy nations from using the very technologies that developed countries employed to become rich, comfortable and free of disease. And as a consequence, it sends millions of infants, children, men and women to early graves every year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eThe ideological environmental movement is a powerful $4-billion-a-year US industry, an $8-billion-a-year international gorilla. Many of its members are intensely eco-centric, and seem to believe that wildlife and ecological values are more important than human progress or even human life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eAs this book forcefully points out, these radical activists have now wrapped their ideologies up in several elastic principles that focus on perceived environmental threats and largely ignore human needs.... What makes Eco-Imperialism unique, though, is not just its insightful analysis of corporate and environmental “ethics”, but its reliance on personal, sometimes angry observations by people from less developed countries, who must bear the brunt of these misguided environmental policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eDriessen does a masterful job of stripping away the radicals’ mantle of virtue, dissecting their bogus claims and holding them to the moral and ethical standards they have long demanded for everyone except themselves. And he does so with humor, outrage and passion – and always without pulling any punches. Every concerned citizen and policymaker should read this book. The environmentalists will hate it. The world’s destitute masses will love it. And everyone will be challenged by it to reexamine their beliefs and the environmental establishment’s claims.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe environmental movement I helped found has lost its objectivity, morality and humanity. The pain and suffering it is inflicting on families in developing countries must no longer be tolerated. This book is the first one I've seen that tells the truth and lays it on the line. It's a must-read for anyone who cares about people, progress and our planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e— Patrick Moore\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eGreenpeace co-founder\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePaul Driessen has given us an amazing tour de force. He explores one of today's most perplexing problems: the environmentally sensitive rich demanding that the Third World's poor forego feeding themselves, solving their health and energy problems, and taking their rightful place among the earth's prosperous people. Eco-Imperialism provides terrific intellectual ammunition and is outstandingly written. Very gripping to read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e— Rabbi Daniel Lapin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eToward Tradition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDeveloping countries need to be free to make their own decisions about how to improve their people's lives. Activists who've never had to worry about starvation, malaria and simple survival have no right to impose their fears, prejudices and ideologies on the world's poor. That's the central message of this book. It's a message that needs to be spread far and wide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e— CS Prakash\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eProfessor of plant genetics\u003cbr\u003eTuskegee University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDriessen does a masterful job of stripping away the radicals’ mantle of virtue, dissecting their bogus claims and holding them to the moral and ethical standards they have long demanded for everyone except themselves. And he does so with humor, outrage and passion – and always without pulling any punches. Every concerned citizen and policymaker should read this book. The environmentalists will hate it. The world’s destitute masses will love it. And everyone will be challenged by it to reexamine their beliefs and the environmental establishment’s claims.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e— Niger Innis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCongress of Racial Equality\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs the author Paul Driessen, forcefully points out, the precautionary principle may safeguard healthy people in wealthy developed countries from risks associated with conjectural, or concocted, environmental catastrophes. But it does so by imposing real, immediate, life-threatening risks on the world’s most powerless and impoverished people – denying them the chance for better lives and thereby perpetuating the misery, malnutrition, disease and premature death that suffocate hopes, opportunities and lives in poor nations...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e... It is a battle that must be fought – and one that can be won. In so doing, we can prove to India and the world that poor people have every right to enjoy the health and prosperity that so many in the West accept as their birthright. And that protecting the environment does not have to mean trampling on the hopes and human rights of the developing world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e— Deepak Lal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eJames S. Coleman Professor of International\u003cbr\u003eDevelopment Studies at the University of\u003cbr\u003eCalifornia, Los Angeles, and\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Emeritus of Political Economy,\u003cbr\u003eUniversity College, London\u003cbr\u003e(Excerpts from the Foreword)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author(s) \/ Editor(s)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Driessen\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior fellow with the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, and the Centre for the Defence of Free Enterprise, which are nonprofit public policy institutes that focus on energy, the environment, economic development and international affairs. During a 25-year career that included staff tenures with the United States Senate, Department of the Interior and an energy trade association, he has spoken and written frequently on energy and environmental policy, global climate change, corporate social responsibility and other topics. He has also written articles and professional papers on marine life associated with oil platforms off the coasts of California and Louisiana – and produced a video documentary on the subject. Driessen received his BA in geology and field ecology from Lawrence University, JD from the University of Denver College of Law, and accreditation in public relations from the Public Relations Society of America. A former member of the Sierra Club and Zero Population Growth, he abandoned their cause when he recognised that the environmental movement had become intolerant in its views, inflexible in its demands, unwilling to recognise our tremendous strides in protecting the environment, and insensitive to the needs of billions of people who lack the food, electri-city, safe water, healthcare and other basic necessities that we take for granted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents in Detail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword by Deepak Lal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe New Cultural Imperialism: The Green Movement Bids to Restrain Economic Development\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAuthor's Preface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction by Niger Innis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e1.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCorporate Social Irresponsibility\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e2.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRoots of Eco-Imperialism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e3.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCow Dung Forever\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e4.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePlaying Games with Starving People\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e5.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSustainable Mosquitoes — Expendable People\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e6.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSweat Shops and Prostitutes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e7.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRenewable Energy Mirages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e8.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eClimate Change Riches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e9.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGreenwashing for Greenbacks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e10.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eInvestor Fraud\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e11.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEnd of Eco-Imperialism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e12.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCorporate Social Responsibility Reborn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAccolades\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%; height: 78.3752px;\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 51.6006%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 47.9553%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eAF Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 51.6006%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 47.9553%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e2005\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 51.6006%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eNumber of Pages\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 47.9553%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e248\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 51.6006%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 47.9553%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e817188427X\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Paul Driessen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover \/ ENG- English \/ Social-Economic","offer_id":51285661974849,"sku":null,"price":995.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/9067\/5009\/files\/greenpower_front.png?v=1768885642","url":"https:\/\/www.academicfoundation.com\/products\/delhi-human-development-report-2013-copy-1","provider":"Academic Foundation | AF Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}