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1 online resource (xix, 313 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Routledge studies in culture and sustainable development |
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Routledge studies in culture and sustainable development.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Series editor introduction; Pillars and circles: Wellbeing at the core of sustainability; I A methodological manifesto; II Wellbeing and economics; III Socio-economic discourses of sustainable wellbeing; IV Cultural footprints of sustainability and wellbeing; Notes; Bibliography; Part I: Sustainable wellbeing in theory and history; Prologue; I.1 Creating capacities for human flourishing: An alternative approach to human development; I Core capacities |
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II The Circles of Social Life approach; III Conditions, capabilities and capacities; IV Vitality as a basic constellation of capacities for human flourishing; V Relationality as a basic constellation of capacities for human flourishing; VI Productivity as a basic constellation of capacities for human flourishing; VII Sustainability as a basic constellation of capacities for human flourishing; VII Conclusion; Note; Bibliography; I.2 The incongruities of sustainability: An examination of the UN Earth Summit Declarations 1972-2012; I Introduction |
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II The incongruities of sustainability: epistemological change or the usual drive to progress?; III Sustainability practice and localisation; IV Contradictory rationales in the global sustainability agenda; IV. 1 Sustainability trend based on the epistemology of progress; IV. 2 Sustainability trend based on a socio-ecological epistemology; V The prevailing sustainability trend as a mask for global neoliberalism: local effects; VI Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; I.3 Slow living and sustainability: The Victorian legacy; William Morris (1834-1896); Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) |
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II. 1 Contextualising sustainability: Socio-economic dynamics, technology and policies; I Conceptual background; II Economic development and sustainability; III Environmental policies and ecological taxes; IV Innovation, policies and human development: macro trends; IV. 1 Innovation and invention: towards a green economy; IV. 2 Environmental policy stringency and ecological taxes; V Innovation, knowledge transfers and sustainability; VI Convergence in human development; VII Economic and policy implications; Notes; Bibliography |
| Summary |
"Cultures of Sustainability and Wellbeing: Theories, Histories and Policies examines and assesses the interdependence between sustainability and wellbeing by drawing attention to humans as producers and consumers in a post-human age. Why wellbeing ought to be regarded as essential to sustainable development is explored firstly from multifocal theoretical perspectives encompassing sociology, literary criticism and socioeconomics, secondly in relation to institutions and policies, and thirdly with a focus on specific case studies across the world. Wellbeing and its sustainability are defined in terms of biological and cultural diversity; stages of advancement in science and technology; notions of citizenship and agency; geopolitical scenarios and environmental conditions. Wellbeing and sustainability call for enquiries into human capacities in ontological, epistemological and practical terms. A view of sustainability that revolves around material and immaterial wellbeing is based on the assumption that life quality, comfort, happiness, security, safety always posit humans as both recipients and agents. Risk and resilience in contemporary societies define the intrinsically human ability to make and consume, to act and adapt, driving the search for and fruition of wellbeing. How to sustain the dual process of exploitation and regeneration is a task that requires integrated approaches from the sciences and the humanities, jointly tracing a worldwide cartography with clear localizations. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers interested in sustainability through conceptual and empirical approaches including social theory, literary and cultural studies, environmental economics and human ecology, urbanism and cultural geography."--Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Sustainable development.
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Well-being.
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Environmental economics.
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sustainable development.
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comfort (sensation)
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Sustainable development
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Well-being
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Environmental economics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Spinozzi, Paola, editor.
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Mazzanti, Massimiliano, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781315306582 |
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1315306581 |
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9781315306575 |
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1315306573 |
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9781315306599 |
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131530659X |
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