Crisis System: A critical realist and environmental critique of economics and the economy
Author:   Petter Naess (Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Oslo, Norway) ,  Leigh Price (Rhodes University, South Africa) ,  Karl Georg Hoyer ,  Petter Naess
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415818742


Pages:   228
Publication Date:   07 July 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Petter Naess (Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Oslo, Norway) ,  Leigh Price (Rhodes University, South Africa) ,  Karl Georg Hoyer ,  Petter Naess
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9780415818742


ISBN 10:   0415818745
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   07 July 2016
Audience:   Adult education ,  College/higher education ,  Further / Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Introduction 2. Ideology and Economics 3. The Economics of Research – the Contribution of Critical Realism 4. Inaccurate and biased: cost-benefit analyses of transport infrastructure projects 5. Arguments for and against economic growth 6. The symptomatology of crises: some critical realist reflections 7. Using retroduction to address wicked problems 8. Housing standards, environmental sustainability and social welfare 9. Systemic issues within the crisis of global capitalism – the case of land and food 10. The illusion of green capitalism 11. China at the crossroad: ecological modernization or ecosocialism? 12. Making the Critique of Capitalism Fit for the Present Crisis

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Petter Næss is Professor of Planning in Urban Regions at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway. Leigh Price is Research Associate at Rhodes University, South Africa, and visiting Research Associate at University College London, UK.

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