Books by Phillip J. Cooper

Sustainable Development in Crisis Conditions takes a broad-based and integrative approach to exploring nation-building and reconstruction in the wake of environmentally destructive warfare.

Is the public getting a good deal when the government contracts out the delivery of goods and services? This title explors what happens when public sector organizations - at the federal, state and local levels - form working relationships with other agencies, communities, non-profit organizations and private firms through contracts.

"Implementing Sustainable Development" focuses on the challenge of turning international commitments and policy promises into action. Using examples and cases from around the US and around the world, it examines the successful and failed efforts designed to address the social, environmental, and economic dimensions of sustainable development.