Development betrayed : the end of progress and a coevolutionary revisioning of the future /

Modernity promised control over nature through science, material abundance through technology and effective government through rational, social organization. Instead of leading to this promised land it has brought us to the brink of environmental and cultural disaster. Why has there been this gap be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Norgaard, Richard B., 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.
Temas:
Economic development.
Economic development > Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Développement économique.
Développement économique > Aspect de l'environnement.
Développement durable.
economic development.
sustainable development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
Economic development
Economic development > Environmental aspects
Sustainable development
Ontwikkelingsproblematiek.
Vooruitgang.
Ecologische aspecten.
Desenvolvimento economico.
Ecologia.
Progrès.
Environnement.
Developing countries > Economic conditions
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Betrayal of Progress
  • 2. The Challenge of Sustainability
  • 3. Change as a Coevolutionary Process
  • 4. A Coevolutionary Environmental History
  • 5. The Illusions of Progress
  • 6. The Philosophical Roots of the Betrayal
  • 7. Two Maladaptive Determinisms
  • 8. The Coevolutionary Process Elaborated
  • 9. A Coevolutionary Cosmology
  • 10. Coevolutionary Lessons from the Amazon
  • 11. The Tyranny of Liberal Individualism
  • 12. Democratizing Knowledge
  • 13. Coevolving Discursive Communities
  • 14. A Coevolving Cultural Patchwork Quilt
  • 15. Progress Revisioned.

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