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Author Pfister, Thomas (Professor of sociology), author

Title Sustainability / Thomas Pfister, Martin Schweighofer and André Reichel
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2016
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 109 pages)
Series Key ideas
Key ideas.
Contents Introduction -- Historical reflection : a brief genealogy of sustainable development -- Sustainability and climate change -- Sustainability and energy systems -- Sustainability and food systems -- Sustainability as transformation and reflexivity
Summary "Sustainability as a reference frame for dealing with the interconnection of environmental, economic and social issues on a global scale is not only characterized by complex problems and long-term strategies but also by differences and disagreements with regard to its meanings and how they should be realised. Therefore, Rather than seeking a single most appropriate definition of Sustainability, the main focus of this book is on how specific Sustainability problems are defined by whom and in which contexts, what solutions are pursued to tackle them, and which effects they have in practice. This account of the social nature of Sustainability is intended to assist its readers to better understand the complexities, dynamism, and ambivalence of this concept as well as to find their own position in relation to it. For this purpose, the book traces the historical development of the larger discourse on Sustainability and investigates responses to three grand Sustainability challenges: climate change, energy, and agricultural food production. It suggests that promoting Sustainability requires continuous and active care and is inseparable from political debate about the normative foundations of society"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-106) and index
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Subject Sustainable development.
Sustainable development -- Social aspects
Sustainable development -- Economic aspects
Climatic changes
Clean energy.
Food supply
Climate Change
sustainable development.
climate change.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Clean energy.
Climatic changes.
Food supply.
Sustainable development.
Sustainable development -- Economic aspects.
Sustainable development -- Social aspects.
Form Electronic book
Author Schweighofer, Martin, author.
Reichel, Andreas, 1961- author.
ISBN 9781134688050
1134688059
9781315882888
1315882884
9781351896603
1351896601
9781134688128
1134688121