Localist Movements in a Global Economy: Sustainability, Justice, and Urban Development in the United States

by David J. Hess

Book Overview

An overview of the localist movement in the United States, from "buy local" campaigns to urban agriculture, and its potential for addressing global problems of sustainability and justice. The internationalization of economies and other changes that accompany globalization have brought about a paradoxical reemergence of the local. A significant but largely unstudied aspect of new local-global relationships is the growth of "localist movements," efforts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262512327
• ISBN13: 9780262512329
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 323 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher