| Description |
1 online resource (200 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics |
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Routledge studies in ecological economics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: research on sustainable welfare: state of the art and outline of the volume; Existing research; Sustainable welfare; An interdisciplinary approach; Outline of the volume; Notes; References; PART I: Perspectives on sustainable welfare; 1. The concept of sustainable welfare; Introduction; The concept of welfare; The rudiments of a descriptively adequate concept of welfare; The sustainability proviso; Making welfare sustainable; Conclusion; Note; References |
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2. Human needs, steady-state economics and sustainable welfareIntroduction; Steady-state economics and human needs; Theories of human need; Sustainable welfare and needs satisfaction; Conclusion; Notes; References; 3. Reconceptualizing prosperity: some reflections on the impact of globalization on health and welfare; Introduction; Revising perceptions of 'progress' and 'prosperity'; Health, development and overdevelopment; Uncoupling gender and sexual emancipation from economic growth; Conclusion; Notes; References |
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4. The future is not what it used to be: on the role and function of assumptions in visions of the futureIntroduction; Favourable and optimistic assumptions in philosophy; Favourable and optimistic assumptions in policy; Looking back on today and forward to tomorrow; Conclusion; Note; References; PART II: Policies towards establishing sustainable welfare; 5. Green political economy: policies for and obstacles to sustainable welfare; Introduction; Policy narratives for a sustainable economy; Obstacles to sustainable welfare; Policies meet obstacles, policies as obstacles; Conclusion |
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Discussion and conclusionNotes; References; 8. The changing landscape of work time reduction: the past and the future; Introduction; Historical overview of work organization and work time; The changing landscape of work; Recent national work time policies; Working less and living more; Concluding remarks; Note; References; PART III: Emerging practices of sustainable welfare; 9. Transitions towards degrowth and sustainable welfare: carbon emission reduction and wealth and income distribution in France, the US and China; Introduction; The welfare regimes of France, the US and China |
| Bibliography |
References6. Climate change and the welfare state: do we see a new generation of social risks emerging?; Introduction; Social risks and the welfare state; Social risks beyond the realm of the welfare state; Climate change impacts and social risks; Climate change policy and social risks; Conclusion; References; 7. Market solutions to climate change: examples of personal carbon-trading and carbon-rationing; Introduction; Environmental regulation and eco-social policies; Personal carbon-trading: policy intentions and potential outcomes; Alternative approaches: the 'Cragger' experience |
| Notes |
Reduction of carbon emissions |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mont, Oksana
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| ISBN |
9781317407416 |
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1317407415 |
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