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Sufficiency : From Growth and Overshoot to Enoughness / edited by Toni Ruuska and Tina Nyfors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- International Comparative Social Studies ; 62.
- Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
- International Comparative Social Studies ; 62
- Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biology.
- Critical Social Sciences.
- Earth sciences.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- From Growth and Overshoot to Enoughness
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- We inhabit a world of human-induced ecological overshoot. However, the ongoing ecological crisis has not been caused equally by all humans, due to the nature of the growth-driven world economy. Whereas the I=PAT equation can be considered a useful tool to assess the human-induced impacts on the environment, we argue that because of the prevailing socio-economic inequality, power imbalance, and differences in environmental footprints, primary attention should be given to the factors of affluence (A) and technology (T), as fundamental causes of the overshoot, and only after this, to population (P). In the search for a meaningful ethos to guide our inquiry in the world of growth and overshoot, we propose applying the humble concept of sufficiency: the idea of ‘enoughness’. Accordingly, in this book, we explore what sufficiency could mean for affluence, technology, and population. Contributors are: Karl Bonnedahl, Michel Bourban, Philip Cafaro, Pasi Heikkurinen, Mikko Jalas, Jessica Jungell-Michelsson, Lassi Linnanen, J. Mohorcich, Iana Nesterova, Tina Nyfors, Thomas Princen, Toni Ruuska, Joonas Uotinen, and Tere Vadén.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-74640-4
- 9789004746404
- OCLC:
- 1559919877
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004746404 DOI
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