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Constructing sustainable development /
"Through a critique of the economic, technological, political, and ethical theories that are the basis for current policy, this book shows that sustainable development proposals are at least incomplete or impractical and at worst dangerously misleading." "The concept of sustainable de...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany, NY :
State University of New York Press,
©2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Problem of Policy
- Policy Narratives
- Constructing an Alternative
- Scientific Knowledge and Uncertainty
- Measuring Sustainability
- The Role of Uncertainty
- The Efficiency Narrative: Eco-Efficiency Through Markets
- An Orthodox View
- Markets and Consumption
- Exclusion of Natural Goods
- Problems with Private Exploitation
- Regulating Natural Sinks
- Market Mechanics
- Markets and Collective Response
- Ecological Economics
- Organizing a Technological Fix
- Technology and Innovation
- Understanding Technological Innovation
- Structural Inhibitors
- Choosing an Ecological Techno-Economic Paradigm
- Considering Equity
- The Need for Authority
- The Possibilities of Politics
- Politics as Rational Choice
- Discursive Politics
- The Ecological Uses of Politics
- Sustainability in the International System
- Levels of Analysis
- Global Structures
- Cooperation Between Sovereignties
- Opportunities for Cooperation
- A Problem of Consciousness
- Extending Legal Rights
- Relationship Problems
- Valuing Nature
- Spirit and Nature
- Changing Minds
- Policy Principles for Sustainable Development
- Process and Goals
- Complex Adaptive Systems and Policy Principles
- Decision Making on Principle
- Initial Policy Directions.