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Prosperity without Growthby Tim Jackson
Earthscan 2009; US$ 22.50In this ground-breaking book, Tim Jackson, an advisor to the UK Government, acknowledges that society faces a profound dilemma: economic growth is unsustainable; but 'de-growth' - or economic contraction - is unstable. The prevailing 'escape route' from this dilemma is to try and 'decouple' economic activity from its impacts. But there is no evidence at all that this is working. Global resource consumption is still rising (in some cases faster than GDP). Meeting climate change targets will require reductions in carbon intensity two orders of magnitude higher than anything achieved historically. Faced with this challenge, the book engages in a critical re-examination of the economic structure and social logic of consumerism. Prosperity without... more...
Development as Freedomby Amartya Sen
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 12.99By the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Economics, an essential and paradigm-altering framework for understanding economic development--for both rich and poor--in the twenty-first century. Freedom, Sen argues, is both the end and most efficient means of sustaining economic life and the key to securing the general welfare of the world's entire population. Releasing the idea of individual freedom from association with any particular historical, intellectual, political, or religious tradition, Sen clearly demonstrates its current applicability and possibilities. In the new global economy, where, despite unprecedented increases in overall opulence, the contemporary world denies elementary freedoms to vast numbers--perhaps... more...
Cannibals with Forksby John Elkington
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 1998; US$ 11.95The revolutionary seven dimensions that lead to sustainable business practice are identified and explored as well as the ?blind-spots? that most corporate leaders have that prevent them from joining the revolution more...
Fueling Our Futureby Robert L. Evans
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 24.00Overview of energy demand for students, policymakers, and readers without scientific backgrounds. more...
Handbook of Research on Global Corporate Citizenshipby A.G. Scherer; G. Palazzo
Edward Elgar Publishing 2008; US$ 40.00Identifies and fosters interdisciplinary research on corporate citizenship and provides a framework for academic debate on corporate responsibility in a global society. This book also provides a forum to discuss the consequences of the social and political mandate of business firms and examines the implications for the theory of the firm. more...
Decolonizing Natureby William Adams; Martin Mulligan
Earthscan 2002; US$ 43.95British imperialism was almost unparalleled in its historical and geographical reach leaving a legacy of entrenched social transformation in nations and cultures in every part of the globe. Colonial annexation and government were based on an all-encompassing system that integrated and controlled political economic social and ethnic relations and required a similar annexation and control of natural resources and nature itself. Colonial ideologies were expressed not only in the progressive exploitation of nature but also in the emerging discourses of conservation. At the start of the 21st century the conservation of nature is of undiminished importance in post-colonial societies yet the legacy of colonial thinking endures. What should conservation... more...
Nature's Matrixby Ivette Perfecto; John Vandermeer; Angus Wright
Earthscan 2009; US$ 34.95Landscapes are frequently seen as fragments of natural habitat surrounded by a "sea" of agriculture. But recent ecological theory shows that the nature of these fragments is not nearly as important for conservation as is the nature of the matrix of agriculture that surrounds them. Local extinctions from conservation fragments are inevitable and must be balanced by migrations if massive extinction is to be avoided. High migration rates only occur in what the authors refer to as "high quality" matrices, which are created by alternative agroecological techniques, as opposed to the industrial monocultural model of agriculture. The authors argue that the only way to promote such high quality matrices is to work with rural social... more...
The Living Companyby Arie de Geus
Nicholas Brealey Publishing 1999; US$ 11.95An investigation into the consequences of building a sustainable work community for human resource management, for strategic planning and for organisational structure. The text argues that to survive, a company must learn and become a living community, not just assets on a balance sheet. more...
Marketing, Morality and the Natural Environmentby Andrew Crane
Routledge 2000; US$ 44.95With evidence gathered from extensive case studies, this volume provides a new look at marketing, and in particular the move to establish ostensibly 'green' marketing. more...
Do Organizations Have Feelings?by Martin Albrow
Routledge 1997; US$ 61.95This book argues that adequate explanation of the way that organizations function for those engaged in business and those who study it must transcend the traditional divide between reason and emotion. more...









