Rethinking sustainability : power, knowledge, and institutions / edited by Jonathan M. Harris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harris, Jonathan M.

Series:

Evolving values for a capitalist world.

Evolving values for a capitalist world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Environmental economics.

Economic development--Sociological aspects.

Economic development.

Economic development--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Provides important guideposts toward a more complete theory of sustainable human and economic development.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: An Assessment of Sustainable Development""; ""Part 1. Institutional Perspectives on Sustainable Development""; ""1. Sustainability and Systemic Issues in a New Era""; ""2. The Case for the Global Commons""; ""3. Development Connections: The Hedgerow Model""; ""4. Wealth, Poverty, and Sustainable Development""; ""5. Free Trade or Sustainable Trade? An Ecological Economics Perspective""; ""Part 2. Sustainability and Institutions in Practice""; ""Introduction to Part 2: Power, Knowledge, and Institutions in Development Practice""

""6. Stories People Tell: The Cultural Construction of Environmental Policy in Africa""""7. Political Power and Environmental Sustainability in Agriculture""; ""8. Toward a Learning Paradigm: New Professionalism and Institutions for Agriculture""; ""9. Does Food Security Require Local Food Systems?""; ""10. Community, Ecology, and Landscape Change in Zambrana-Chacuey""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-42365-7

9786612423659

0-472-02373-X