The Great Mindshift : How a New Economic Paradigm and Sustainability Transformations Go Hand in Hand.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing AG,
2016.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | The Anthropocene: Politik--Economics--Society--Science Series
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword by Prof. Dr. Simon Dalby
- Foreword by Prof. Dr. Uwe Schneidewind
- Acknowledgement
- Contents
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 It's the Economy, Stupid!
- 1.2 Structure of the Book
- 2 What Political Economy Adds to Transformation Research
- 2.1 Digging into Societal Transformation and System Innovation Research
- 2.1.1 Socio-technical Systems and Their Innovations
- 2.1.2 Socio-ecological Systems and Their Safe Operating Spaces
- 2.1.3 Socio-ecological-Technical Systems and Their Repurposing
- 2.1.4 The Economic Paradigm Shift Behind Today's World: Karl Polanyi's Heritage
- 2.2 Summary: Paradigm Shifts and Large System Change: Humanity's Structured Freedom
- 3 Why the Mainstream Economic Paradigm Cannot Inform Sustainability Transformations
- 3.1 How Mainstream Economics Views Human Needs and Their Satisfaction
- 3.1.1 What Is Utility and Where Is It Created?
- 3.1.2 Is 'Having' Really All the Fun There Is?
- 3.1.3 Checking Human Happiness and the Link with Income
- 3.1.4 How Does a Homo Economicus Feel and Act?
- 3.1.5 Summary: Human Need Perception and Well-Being Depend on the Processes Behind Creating Wealth
- 3.2 How Mainstream Economics Views Nature and Its Governance
- 3.2.1 What Types of Capital Exist and Where Do They Come from?
- 3.2.2 Market Prices and the Allocation or Protection of Scarce Resources
- 3.2.3 Checking Nature's Safe Operating Spaces for Human Growth Aspirations
- 3.2.4 How Does Exchange Value Governance Impact Living Systems?
- 3.2.5 Summary: Governing Human-Nature Relations Successfully Depends on Understanding Them
- 3.3 How Mainstream Economics Anticipate the Future
- 3.3.1 Which Real Qualities of Development Lie Behind Monetarized Predictions?
- 3.3.2 Unveiling the Money Magic.
- 3.3.3 Summary: Opening up Mainstream Economic Ideas Is Key for 'Our Common Future'
- 4 Mapping an Emerging New Economic Paradigm in Practice
- 4.1 Pioneering Businesses: Common Good Matrix and Balance Sheets
- 4.2 Pioneering Civil Society: Transition Towns for Resilient Local Solutions
- 4.3 Pioneering Governments: Beyond GDP Measures as Development Frames
- 4.4 Pioneering Governance Systems: Commoning as a New Stark Utopia
- 4.5 Summary: System Innovations for Sustainability by Double-Decoupling
- 5 How to Work a Great Mindshift for Sustainability Transformations
- 5.1 The Role of Mind-Sets in Unlocking Path Dependencies: Antonio Gramsci's Heritage
- 5.2 Transformative Literacy: Hacking Systems and Their Purpose
- 5.3 Summarizing Outlook
- References
- References
- Wuppertal Institut
- Wuppertal Institut's Research Focus on Sustainability Transition
- About the Author
- About this Book.