Understanding Sustainability Economics: Towards Pluralism in Economics

ISBN-13: 9781844076277 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 176 str.

Peter Soderbaum

Opis

The author provides a critical examination of the failings of mainstream economics and the resultant environmental problems we are facing. He articulates what an alternative economics for sustainability would look like in both theory and practice.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.