| Description |
xvi, 152 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Environmental and other problems -- Ecological economics -- The political economic person and the political economic organization -- Economics, efficiency and ideological orientation -- Political ideologies, democracy and decision-making -- Environmental management and decision-making : a political economics approach -- A policy for ecological sustainability -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
"Economics is often presented as the study of the impersonal forces of supply and demand and the laws relating to them. Rational Economic Man is the agent generating these forces. This book takes quite a different approach, presenting the individual as a political being and a responsible actor. It proposes the Political Economic Person as the central actor and the Political Economic Organization, rather than firms exclusively driven by profit maximization, as the basis for understanding corporate behaviour. Ideologies, worldviews, beliefs and scientific perspectives have all to be taken into account if economics is to deal successfully with the social and environmental problems we face."--Jacket |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-142) and index |
| Subject |
Environmental economics.
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects.
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Environmental economics -- Political aspects.
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Human ecology.
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| LC no. |
2003446206 |
| ISBN |
1853836869 hardback |
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9781853836862 hardback |
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1853836850 paperback |
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9781853836855 paperback |
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