Durable Economies : Organizing the Material Foundations of Society.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jaeger-Erben, Melanie.

Contributor:

Wieser, Harald.

Marwede, Max.

Hofmann, Florian.

Series:

Arbeit und Organisation

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : transcript, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Jaeger-Erben Melanie : Melanie Jaeger-Erben (Prof. Dr. phil.), geb. 1977, leitet das Fachgebiet »Technik- und Umweltsoziologie« an der Brandenburgischen Technischen Universität Cootbus-Senftenberg. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind sozialwissenschaftliche Technikforschung, nachhaltige Produktions- und Konsumsysteme sowie soziale Innovation.

Summary:

Leaking water infrastructures, heritage tourism, investments in artworks, failing electronics: durability lies at the heart of a wide range of seemingly unrelated phenomena. Durable things are both a hugely significant source of wealth and a constant source of struggle. The contributors argue that a deeper engagement with durability is essential for reaching an understanding of how economies work; and for envisaging alternative economies built on principles of environmental stewardship and social justice. Placing durability at the core of economic analysis, this volume explores the work and tensions involved in the production and valuation of durability to outline a new agenda for more sustainable economies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Editorial

Contents

1. Durable economies: towards a new research programme

2. Mitigating durable bads: trichloroethylene contamination in Silicon Valley

3. Doing business with durables

4. Curating information for durability

5. Durability and retail

6. Valuing electronic devices? User narratives and their role for durability

7. Regulation with a lasting impact? Policies for product durability

8. Scalability and durability, or: is modular the new durable? The case of smartphones

9. Organising durable economies for environmental sustainability

List of contributors

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9783839463963

3839463963

OCLC:

1406835430