1st Edition
Understanding Sustainability Economics Towards Pluralism in Economics
By Peter Soderbaum
Copyright 2008
176 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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This highly readable yet challenging book provides a critical examination of the failings of mainstream economics and the resultant environmental problems we are facing. Most importantly, it articulates what an alternative economics for sustainability would look like in both theory and practice.
The book provides a brief history of economics and looks at the intersection between politics and the... Read more
Preface * Economics for Sustainability * Unsustainable and Sustainable Trends * Sustainability Politics: Are there Protected Zones in the Development Dialogue? * From Economic Man to Political Economic Person * Interpretations of Non-Market and Market Relationships in Relation to Sustainability * Actors, Agendas and Arenas for Social and Institutional Change * Approaches to Decision-Making and Sustainability Assessment * Towards Sustainability Economics * Index
Biography
Peter Soderbaum is Professor of Ecological Economics at Mälardalen University, Sweden and author of a number of books including Ecological Economics (2000). His numerous articles have been published in journals such as Ecological Economics, Journal of Bioeconomics, Post-autistic Economics Review, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management and International Journal of Green Economics.
'A crowning lifetime achievement by one of our best ecological writers.' Jack Reardon, Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Stout and Editor of International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education 'An erudite articulation of an alternative economic thinking ... I recommend this book to all those who desire to see economics address the human condition.' Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, Executive Director, UN-Habitat, and Under-Secretary-General, United Nations
