Description / Table of Contents:
Intro -- Foreword by Prof. Dr. Simon Dalby -- Foreword by Prof. Dr. Uwe Schneidewind -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 It's the Economy, Stupid! -- 1.2 Structure of the Book -- 2 What Political Economy Adds to Transformation Research -- 2.1 Digging into Societal Transformation and System Innovation Research -- 2.1.1 Socio-technical Systems and Their Innovations -- 2.1.2 Socio-ecological Systems and Their Safe Operating Spaces -- 2.1.3 Socio-ecological-Technical Systems and Their Repurposing -- 2.1.4 The Economic Paradigm Shift Behind Today's World: Karl Polanyi's Heritage -- 2.2 Summary: Paradigm Shifts and Large System Change: Humanity's Structured Freedom -- 3 Why the Mainstream Economic Paradigm Cannot Inform Sustainability Transformations -- 3.1 How Mainstream Economics Views Human Needs and Their Satisfaction -- 3.1.1 What Is Utility and Where Is It Created? -- 3.1.2 Is 'Having' Really All the Fun There Is? -- 3.1.3 Checking Human Happiness and the Link with Income -- 3.1.4 How Does a Homo Economicus Feel and Act? -- 3.1.5 Summary: Human Need Perception and Well-Being Depend on the Processes Behind Creating Wealth -- 3.2 How Mainstream Economics Views Nature and Its Governance -- 3.2.1 What Types of Capital Exist and Where Do They Come from? -- 3.2.2 Market Prices and the Allocation or Protection of Scarce Resources -- 3.2.3 Checking Nature's Safe Operating Spaces for Human Growth Aspirations -- 3.2.4 How Does Exchange Value Governance Impact Living Systems? -- 3.2.5 Summary: Governing Human-Nature Relations Successfully Depends on Understanding Them -- 3.3 How Mainstream Economics Anticipate the Future -- 3.3.1 Which Real Qualities of Development Lie Behind Monetarized Predictions? -- 3.3.2 Unveiling the Money Magic.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (201 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783319437668
Series Statement:
The Anthropocene: Politik--Economics--Society--Science Series v.2
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=5588901
Language:
English
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
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