Rethinking Sustainability : Power, Knowledge, And Institutions.
Bringing together the thoughts of economists, political scientists, anthropologists, philosophers, and agricultural policy professionals, this volume focuses on the issues of sustainability in development. Examining such topics as international trade, political power, gender roles, legal institution...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Michigan Press
2009.
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| Series: | Evolving Values for a Capitalist World Ser.
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Table of 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 Africa7. 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