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Positional Analysis for Sustainable Development

Reconsidering Policy, Economics and Accounting

By: Judy Brown,Peter Soderbaum,Malgorzata Dereniowska

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Positional Analysis for Sustainable Development

Reconsidering Policy, Economics and Accounting

By: Judy Brown,Peter Soderbaum,Malgorzata Dereniowska

Climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution of land and water, land-use changes, lack of equality and other problems at local, national and global levels represent a challenge for economics as a social science. Mainstream neoclassical economics may be able to contribute to a more sustainable society but it has also played a dominant role in a period where problems have been aggravated. A pluralist and democratic view of economics is therefore very much warranted. This book presents a multidimensional and ideologically more open view of economics: understanding economics in multidimensional terms is in accordance with the 17 sustainable development goals recognized by nations at the UN-level in 2015. Accordingly, approaches to decision making and accounting at the national- and business levels have to be reconsidered. Neoclassical Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) with focus on the monetary dimension and an assumed consensus about a specific market ideology to be applied is not compatible with democratic societies where citizen and actors in other roles normally differ with respect to ideological orientation. Environmental Impact Statements and Multi-Criteria methods are used to some extent to broaden approaches to decision-making. In this book, Positional Analysis is advocated as a multidimensional and ideologically open approach. Positional Analysis is based on a political economic conceptual framework (as part of ecological economics) that differs from neoclassical ideas of individuals, firms and markets. And since approaches to decision-making and to accounting are closely connected, a new theoretical perspective in economics similarly raises issues of how national and business accounting can be opened up to meet present demands among various actors in society. This perspective raises also numerous ethical questions at the science and policy interface that need to be properly addressed for sustainability decision making.

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1351798014

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Understanding Sustainability Economics

Towards Pluralism in Economics

By: Peter Soderbaum

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Understanding Sustainability Economics

Towards Pluralism in Economics

By: Peter Soderbaum

This highly readable yet challenging book provides a critical examination of the failings of mainstream economics and the resultant environmental problems we are facing. Most importantly, it articulates what an alternative economics for sustainability would look like in both theory and practice. The book provides a brief history of economics and looks at the intersection between politics and the often hidden values embedded in economics. Also covered are the roles of individuals and organizations, political structures and institutions, democracy, environmental decision-making, sustainability assessment and a vision of a future underpinned by sustainability economics. A main point raised is that, in any serious attempt to come to grips with unsustainable trends, fundamental issues such as the theory of science, the role of science in society, paradigms in economics, ideological orientations and institutional arrangements need to be critically examined. The theory is supported by case studies, explanatory figures, further reading sections and discussion questions to facilitate debate and learning.

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1136549641

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Top 5 Contributions on Social & Political Sciences

By: Prasasti Ghosh,Peter Söderbaum,Sharma GN,Shreya Mazumdar,Debra Mims,Rhondda Waddell,Jessie Holton

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Top 5 Contributions on Social & Political Sciences

By: Prasasti Ghosh,Peter Söderbaum,Sharma GN,Shreya Mazumdar,Debra Mims,Rhondda Waddell,Jessie Holton

This eBook can be downloaded at http://www.avidscience.com/book/top-5-contributions-on-social-political-sciences/

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Cities as International Actors

Urban and Regional Governance Beyond the Nation State

By: Tassilo Herrschel,Peter Newman

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Cities as International Actors

Urban and Regional Governance Beyond the Nation State

By: Tassilo Herrschel,Peter Newman

This book explores the growing role of cities and regions as sub-national actors in shaping global governance. Far from being merely carried along by global forces, cities have become active players in making and maintaining the networks and connections that give shape to contemporary globalization. Exploring examples from Europe, North America and beyond, the authors reconcile the two separate, yet complimentary, theoretical and analytical lenses adopted by Urban Studies and International Relations, as they address the nature of ‘cities’ and ‘internationality’. The authors challenge academic debate that is reluctant to cross disciplinary boundaries and thus offer more relevant answers to the new phenomenon of international city action, and how it weakens the traditional prerogative of the state as primary actor in the international realm. Conclusions focus on how this new internationality opens opportunities for cities and regions but also contains potential pitfalls that can constrain policy options and challenge the legitimacy of policy making at all scales.

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Springer

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1137396172

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Ecological Economics

Political Economics for Social and Environmental Development

By: Peter Soderbaum

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Ecological Economics

Political Economics for Social and Environmental Development

By: Peter Soderbaum

Ecological economics seeks to socially construct a political economics which will deal successfully with environmental problems and make the individual more visible in economic analysis. The author describes the principles, strategies and instruments of social change for key players - governmental agencies, business corporations, environmental and religious organizations and universities - and underlines their responsibilities in the market economy. Peter Soderbaum emphasizes the need to articulate ideologies, worldviews, ethics and related scientific perspectives as part of economics, and the importance of pluralism and democratic decision making. His account of the theories and means that will brings us closer to a sustainable society consider tools such as environmental impact assessment (EIA) and describes success indicators such as environmental labelling and environmental management systems (EMS). It highlights strategies and policies that facilitate social change and sets out future agendas for the individual actors in political economics.

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1134198337

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China, Russia and Central Asian Infrastructure

Fragmenting or Reformatting the Region?

By: Peter Krasnopolsky

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China, Russia and Central Asian Infrastructure

Fragmenting or Reformatting the Region?

By: Peter Krasnopolsky

This book evaluates Central Asian regionalism by analyzing the impact of Russia and China on physical infrastructure in the region. The narrative builds a picture of the nature of the two powers’ influence on the development of regional connectivity in Central Asia. The study covers the 30-year period since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, with a focus on the last decade preceding the global pandemic. Qualitative research methods, i.e., documentary analysis, media analysis, and elite interviews, are implemented to explore how activities of Russia and China impact regional cooperation among Central Asian states. Multiple case studies of projects in the networked sectors of infrastructure, i.e., transportation, energy, and telecommunications, are used to build the argument and demonstrate the ways in which Russia’s and China’s engagement influence regional connectivity. The book is of interest to the scholars who study international relations in Eurasia, major power relations, Sino-Russian relations, China foreign policy, international institutions in Asia, multilateralism, and regionalism. The empirical depth of the book attracts attention of area studies scholars who focus on Central Asia, Central Eurasia, and any of the five Central Asian states. Additionally, the scholars who analyze the roles of hard infrastructure find the book particularly important. The in-depth cases on multilateral financial institutions and regional networks, particularly energy, transportation, and telecommunication, are of great value to those interested in these respective sectors.

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Springer Nature

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9811942544

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International Security Studies

Theory and Practice

By: Peter Hough,Andrew Moran,Bruce Pilbeam,Wendy Stokes

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International Security Studies

Theory and Practice

By: Peter Hough,Andrew Moran,Bruce Pilbeam,Wendy Stokes

This new textbook provides students with a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the subject of security studies, with a strong emphasis on the use of case studies. In addition to presenting the major theoretical perspectives, the book examines a range of important and controversial topics in modern debates, covering both traditional military and non-military security issues, such as proliferation, humanitarian intervention, food security and environmental security. Unlike most standard textbooks, the volume also offers a wide range of case studies – including chapters on the USA, China, the Middle East, Russia, Africa, the Arctic, the Middle East, Europe and Latin America – providing detailed analyses of important global security issues. The 34 chapters contain pedagogical features such as textboxes, summary points and recommended further reading and are divided into five thematic sections: Conceptual and Theoretical Military Security Non-Military Security Institutions and Security Case Studies This textbook will be essential reading for all students of security studies and highly recommended for students of critical security studies, human security, peace and conflict studies, foreign policy and International Relations in general.

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1317811755

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Beyond Natural Resources to Post-Human Resources

Towards a New Theory of Diversity and Discontinuity

By: Peter Baofu

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Beyond Natural Resources to Post-Human Resources

Towards a New Theory of Diversity and Discontinuity

By: Peter Baofu

Are natural resources really so limited that, as Mahatma Gandhi once famously said, “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed”? (TE 2012) This limiting view of natural resources can be contrasted with an opposing view by John Maynard Keynes, who “summarized Say’s Law as ‘supply creates its own demand’” but then “turned Say’s Law on its head in the 1930s by declaring that demand creates its own supply,” so whenever a demand exists, there will be resources to create the supply. (EN 2012) Contrary to these opposing views (and other ones as will be discussed in the book), natural resources, in relation to both diversity and discontinuity are neither possible or impossible, nor desirable or undesirable to the extent that the respective ideologues on different sides would like us to believe. Needless to say, this challenge to the opposing views of natural resources does not mean that natural resources are unimportant, or that those interdisciplinary fields (related to natural resources) like conservation biology, environmental management, ecological economics, political ecology, environmental ethics, adaptive management, genetic engineering, Malthusianism, and so on are not worth studying. Of course, neither of these extreme views is reasonable. Rather, this book offers an alternative, better way to understand the future of natural resources, especially in the dialectic context of diversity and discontinuity—while learning from different approaches in the literature but without favoring any one of them or integrating them, since they are not necessarily compatible with each other. More specifically, this book offers a new theory (that is, the resilient theory of natural resources) to go beyond the existing approaches in a novel way. If successful, this seminal project is to fundamentally change the way that we think about natural resources in relation to diversity and discontinuity from the combined perspectives of the mind, nature, society, and culture, with enormous implications for the human future and what the author originally called its “post-human” fate.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443867063

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Understanding Sustainability Economics

Towards Pluralism in Economics

By: Peter Soderbaum

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Towards Pluralism in Economics

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Positional Analysis for Sustainable Development

Reconsidering Policy, Economics and Accounting

By: Judy Brown,Peter Soderbaum,Malgorzata Dereniowska

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Positional Analysis for Sustainable Development

Reconsidering Policy, Economics and Accounting

By: Judy Brown,Peter Soderbaum,Malgorzata Dereniowska

Approaches to decision making and accounting at the national- and business levels have to be reconsidered in light of climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution of land and water, land-use changes, lack of equality and other problems. Cost-Benefit Analysis is clearly not helping to address these issues. In this book, Positional Analysis is advocated as a multidimensional and ideologically open approach. Positional Analysis is based on a political economic conceptual framework (as part of ecological economics) that differs from neoclassical ideas of individuals, firms and markets. It also raises issues of how national and business accounting can be reconfigured to meet these challenges.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351798022

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Ecological Economics

Political Economics for Social and Environmental Development

By: Peter Soderbaum

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Ecological Economics

Political Economics for Social and Environmental Development

By: Peter Soderbaum

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1134198264

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Top 5 Contributions on Social & Political Sciences

By: Prasasti Ghosh,Peter Söderbaum,Sharma GN,Shreya Mazumdar,Debra Mims,Rhondda Waddell,Jessie Holton

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Top 5 Contributions on Social & Political Sciences

By: Prasasti Ghosh,Peter Söderbaum,Sharma GN,Shreya Mazumdar,Debra Mims,Rhondda Waddell,Jessie Holton

This eBook can be downloaded at http://www.avidscience.com/book/top-5-contributions-on-social-political-sciences/

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Positional Analysis for Sustainable Development

Positional Analysis for Sustainable Development

Understanding Sustainability Economics

Understanding Sustainability Economics

Top 5 Contributions on Social & Political Sciences

Top 5 Contributions on Social & Political Sciences

Cities as International Actors

Cities as International Actors

Ecological Economics

Ecological Economics

China, Russia and Central Asian Infrastructure

China, Russia and Central Asian Infrastructure

International Security Studies

International Security Studies

Beyond Natural Resources to Post-Human Resources

Beyond Natural Resources to Post-Human Resources

Understanding Sustainability Economics

Understanding Sustainability Economics

Positional Analysis for Sustainable Development

Positional Analysis for Sustainable Development

Ecological Economics

Ecological Economics

Top 5 Contributions on Social & Political Sciences

Top 5 Contributions on Social & Political Sciences

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