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Political Economy of the Environment An Interdisciplinary Approach

284 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

280 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

256 Pages

by Routledge

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This book is the culmination of several years work by a group of academics, policy-makers and other professionals looking to understand how alternative economic thinking – and indeed thinking from quite different social-scientific disciplines – could enhance the mainstream economic approach to environmental and natural-resource problems. Of the editors, Dietz comes from the mainstream economics... Read more

1. Environmental Challenges of the 21^st Century and the Need for Interdisciplinary Political Economy Simon Dietz, Jonathan Michie and Christine Oughton Part 1: Foundations 2. Climate Change: Lessons for Our Future from the Distant Past David F. Hendry 3. Managerial, Institutional and Evolutionary Approaches to Environmental Economics: Theoretical and Policy Implications Jonathan Michie and Christine Oughton 4. Behavioural Economics: Seven Key Principles for Environmental Policy Emma Dawnay and Hetan Shah 5. The Whole Systems Approach in Ecological Economics Terry Barker Part 2: Innovation 6. Systems of Innovation: National, Regional and Technological Innovation Systems Timothy Foxon 7. Policy Support for Environmental Innovation Timothy Foxon 8. A Paradigm Shift in Economics: Endogenous Technological Change in Economic Models of Climate Change Policy Jonathan Köhler 9. Modeling Biased Technical Change: Implications for Climate Policy Carlo Carraro, Enrica de Cian and Lea Nicita Part 3: Sustainability 10. Confronting Consumption: Challenges for Economics and for Policy Tim Jackson 11. Social and Psychological Drivers of Energy Consumption Behaviour and Energy Transitions Lorraine Whitmarsh 12. Management of North Sea Fisheries Prashant Vaze