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Cover Standing up for a Sustainable World
Standing up for a Sustainable World
Voices of Change
Editors: Claude Henry, Johan Rockström, and Nicholas Stern
The world has witnessed extraordinary economic growth, poverty reduction and increased life expectancy and population since the end of WWII, but it has occurred at the expense of undermining life support systems on Earth and subjecting future generations to the real risk of destabilising the planet. This timely book exposes and explores this colossal environmental cost and the dangerous position the world is now in. Standing up for a Sustainable World is written by and about key individuals who have not only understood the threats to our planet, but also become witness to them and confronted them.
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Handbook
Publication Date:
11 Dec 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800371781
Collections:
Economics 2020
Cover Russian Oil Companies in an Evolving World
Russian Oil Companies in an Evolving World
The Challenge of Change
Indra Overland and Nina Poussenkova
This book examines Russia’s capacity to respond to a changing world through the lens of the country’s oil industry. Against a backdrop of social, political and climatic change, Indra Overland and Nina Poussenkova present a systematic analysis of how modern energy developments in the form of shale oil, offshore oil and the global energy transition are handled.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
14 Aug 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788978019
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Social and Political Science 2020
Cover Citizens’ Solidarity in Europe
Citizens’ Solidarity in Europe
Civic Engagement and Public Discourse in Times of Crises
Editor: Christian Lahusen
Citizens’ Solidarity in Europe systematically dissects the manifestations of solidarity buried beneath the official policies and measures of public authority in Europe. In this exciting and innovative book, contributors offer comprehensive and original data and highlight the detrimental factors that tend to inhibit or annihilate solidarity, and those that are beneficial for the nurturing of solidarity.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
02 Mar 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789909500
Collections:
Social and Political Science 2020
Cover The Energy of Russia
The Energy of Russia
Hydrocarbon Culture and Climate Change
Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen
This timely book analyses the status of hydrocarbon energy in Russia as both a saleable commodity and as a source of societal and political power. Through empirical studies in domestic and foreign policy contexts, Veli-Pekka Tykkynen explores the development of a hydrocarbon culture in Russia and the impact this has on its politics, identity and approach to climate change and renewable energy.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
02 Dec 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788978606
Collections:
Social and Political Science 2019
Cover Contingent Valuation of Environmental Goods
Contingent Valuation of Environmental Goods
A Comprehensive Critique
Editors: Daniel McFadden and Kenneth Train
Contingent valuation is a survey-based procedure that attempts to estimate how much households are willing to pay for specific programs that improve the environment or prevent environmental degradation. For decades, the method has been the center of debate regarding its reliability: does it really measure the value that people place on environmental changes? Bringing together leading voices in the field, this timely book tells a unified story about the interrelated features of contingent valuation and how those features affect its reliability. Through empirical analysis and review of past studies, the authors identify important deficiencies in the procedure, raising questions about the technique’s continued use.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
28 Apr 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786434692
Collections:
Economics 2017
Cover Sustainability Science for Strong Sustainability
Sustainability Science for Strong Sustainability
Tom Dedeurwaerdere
The dynamism of science has been catalytic for human prosperity in recent history. Conventional perspectives of the ivory tower model of modern science are, however, rivalled by the failure of humanity to tackle global crises of an economic, environmental and social nature. Operational solutions to these pressures have grown and exposed pitfalls of modern science to date. Sustainability Science for Strong Sustainability investigates core concepts, tools and institutional strategies of transdisciplinary sustainability science. Prominent research programs within heterodox economics, the environmental sciences and transition theory are explored through diverse case studies, revealing challenges and advancements for transdisciplinary research. In this book, the reform of modern science is facilitated by the consideration of action points to overcome the institutional barriers of putting sustainability science into practice. Researchers, students and policy practitioners will benefit from up to date knowledge on the practice of transdisciplinary research for sustainability.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
26 Sep 2014
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783474561
Collections:
Economics 2014