| Description |
1 online resource (317 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Studies in Development and Society, 10 |
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Routledge Studies in Development and Society, 10
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Part I: Overviews of the Field; 2 Emergent Principles of Social Sustainability; 3 An Inquiry Into the Theoretical Basis of Sustainability: Ten Propositions; 4 An Antidote to a Partial Economics of Sustainability; Part II: International Perspectives; 5 Global Civil Society: Architect and Agent of International Democracy and Sustainability; 6 In the Absence of Affluence: The Struggle for Social Sustainability in the Third World; 7 Child Labor and Improved Common Forest Management in Bolivia |
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Part III: The Role of Business8 Social Sustainability: An Organizational-Level Analysis; 9 Social Sustainability: One Company's Story; 10 Working out Social Sustainability on the Ground; 11 Triple Bottom Line: A Business Metaphor for a Social Construct; Part IV: Local Applications; 12 Exploring Common Ground: Community Food Systems and Social Sustainability; 13 Social Capital and Community: University Partnerships; 14 Adv |
| Summary |
This landmark volume is the first to explicitly address the macro and micro dimensions of social sustainability and outline the theoretical and practical possibilities. It is an essential contribution to sustainable development and will be indispensable to the practice, teaching and academic research of this nascent field |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social capital (Sociology)
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Environmental policy -- Social aspects
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Sustainable development -- Social aspects
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Environmental policy -- Social aspects
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Social capital (Sociology)
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Sustainable development -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dujon, Veronica
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King, Mary C
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| ISBN |
9780203892978 |
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0203892976 |
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