Durable economies : organizing the material foundations of society /

Leaking water infrastructures, heritage tourism, investments in artworks, failing electronics: Durability lies at the heart of a wide range of seemingly unrelated phenomena. In today's economies, which rest on ever-larger stocks of infrastructures, buildings, machinery and household goods, dura...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jaeger-Erben, Melanie (Editor ), Wieser, Harald (Editor ), Marwede, Max (Editor ), Hofmann, Florian (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, 2023.
Colección:Labor and organization ; vol. 10.
Temas:
Economics.
Economics > Sociological aspects.
Économie politique.
economics.
Social Science / Sociology.
Circular Economy.
Durable Goods.
Economic Sociology.
Economy.
Obsolescence.
Repair.
Sociology of Technology.
Sociology of Work and Industry.
Sociology.
Sustainability.
Technology.
Work.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Editorial
  • Contents
  • 1. Durable economies: towards a new research programme
  • 2. Mitigating durable bads: trichloroethylene contamination in Silicon Valley
  • 3. Doing business with durables
  • 4. Curating information for durability
  • 5. Durability and retail
  • 6. Valuing electronic devices? User narratives and their role for durability
  • 7. Regulation with a lasting impact? Policies for product durability
  • 8. Scalability and durability, or: is modular the new durable? The case of smartphones
  • 9. Organising durable economies for environmental sustainability
  • List of contributors

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