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The Role of Non-State Actors in the Green Transition : Building a Sustainable Future.
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Milton :
Routledge,
2019.
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| Colección: | Routledge explorations in environmental studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Note of Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Sustainability; Do-it-yourself and practivism; Community; Impact and scalability; Knowledge and learning from participation; References; Part I Individual and collective sustainable norms and behaviour; 2 Sustainable societies: committed people in supportive conditions; Varying levels of sustainability across societies; Sustainable behaviour: a function of environmental attitude and behavioural costs; Identifying attitude
- Promoting behaviour by reducing costsPromoting behaviour by increasing people's environmental attitude; Environmental attitude: the necessary condition for sustainable performance; Supportive conditions for a sustainable society; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; 3 'It has to be reasonable': pragmatic ways of living sustainably in Danish eco-communities; Introduction; The field: Danish eco-communities; Theoretical approach; Pragmatic ways of living sustainably; Structural pragmatism; Collective pragmatism; Conclusion; Notes; References
- 4 Stronger together: how Danish environmental communities influence behavioural and societal changesBackground; Environmental communities as physical and socio-political infrastructures; Environmental communities as collective identities; Environmental communities as educational institutions and incubation labs; Discussion and conclusion; References; Part II Grassroots, green communities and social impact; 5 Are vegetables political? The traces of the Copenhagen Food Coop; Introduction; Theory and method; Theory; Method; Data; The everyday politics of CFC: reassembling the networks
- The alternative economy of food: buying and selling organic foodTheThe mode(s) of decision-making; Project identity; Development of political capital; The inner network and politics in mode 1; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6 Rethinking environmentalism in a 'ruined' world: lessons from the permaculture movement; Introduction; Ruination and the rise of 'governing through objective objectives': explaining the erosion of the diversity of value arguments; Environmentalism in the face of ruination: understanding the perspective of care
- Reinhabiting: promises and perils of permaculture's alternative value practicesNetworks of networks and political ecotones against the risks of recuperation; Notes; References; 7 Urban green communities: towards a pragmatic sociology of civic commonality in sustainable city-making; Introduction: urban green communities in question; Community I: reasserting place attachments; Community II: neo-liberalgovernance strategies; Community III: imagined urban-greensolidarities; Civic commonality in the plural in the sustainable city; Conclusion: new civic landscapes of urban greening?; References