1st Edition

The Role of Non-State Actors in the Green Transition Building a Sustainable Future

Edited By Jens Hoff, Quentin Gausset, Simon Lex Copyright 2020
290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

290 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book argues that there is no way to make progress in building a sustainable future without extensive participation of non-state actors. The volume explores the contribution of non-state actors to a sustainable transition, starting with citizens and communities of different kinds and ending with cities and city-networks. The authors analyse social, cultural, political and economic drivers... Read more

1. Introduction Part 1. Individual and Collective Sustainable Norms and Behaviour  2. Sustainable Societies: Committed People in Supportive Conditions  3. 'It has to be Reasonable’: Pragmatic Ways of Living Sustainably in Danish Eco-Communities  4. Stronger Together: How Danish Environmental Communities Influence Behavioural and Societal Changes  Part 2. Grassroots, green communities and social impact  5. Are Vegetables Political? The Traces of the Copenhagen Food Coop  6. Rethinking Environmentalism in a ’Ruined’ World: Lessons from the Permaculture Movement  7. Urban Green Communities: Towards a Pragmatic Sociology of Civic Commonality in Sustainable City-Making  8. The Stop Wasting Food Movement as a Community of Potentialities  9.There Was No ’There’ There Any More: An Australian Story About Knowledge, Power and Resistance  10. Labour Organising Against Climate Change: The Case of Fracking in the UK  Part 3. Creating sustainable cities and infrastructures  11. Why Does Everyone Think Cities Can Save The Planet?  12. Imagining the Net Zero Emissions City: Urban Climate Governance in the City of Melbourne, Australia  13. Governing the Transnational: Exploring the Governance Tools of 100 Resilient Cities  14. Sustainability, Democracy and the Techno-Human Future





 

Biography

Jens Hoff is Professor in Political Science and leader of the Centre for Sustainability and Society at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark



Quentin Gausset is Associate Professor in Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark



Simon Lex is Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark