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Author:   Judith Enders (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Germany) ,  Moritz Remig (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Germany)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9781138796362

ISBN 10:   1138796360
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   07 November 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword 1. Theories of Sustainable Development – an Introduction 2. The Discovery of Sustainability: The Genealogy of a Term 3. What Kind of Theory Do We Need for Sustainable of Development – And how Much of It? Some Thoughts 4. Theory of Sustainability? Considerations on a Basic Understanding of ""Sustainability Science"" 5. The Quality of Sustainability Science: a Philosophical Perspective 6. Transdisciplinary Humanistic Sustainability Theory: Justice, Governance, Blocks 7. Theories of ""Sustainability"" and the Sustainability of Theories: For Alternatives to the Mainstream, and against Simple Solutions 8. Sustainability and the Challenge of Complex Systems 9. Sustainable Development: A Global Model – Universal and Contextual 10. The Non-Identity Problem: An Irrefutable Argument against Representation fo Future Generations? 11. The Definition of Society’s Relationship with Nature on the Basis of Reproduction Theory – A Historical-Systematic Problem Sketch 12. The Missing Aspect of Culture in Sustainability Concepts 13. Ten Theses on a Research Agenda for Sustainable Development

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Theories of Sustainable Development is a Dense but always rewarding collection of cutting edge essays for advanced graduate students who deal with sustainable development, philosophy of justice, or sociology of science. - Yves Laberge, Electronic Green Journal

""Theories of Sustainable Development is a Dense but always rewarding collection of cutting edge essays for advanced graduate students who deal with sustainable development, philosophy of justice, or sociology of science."" – Yves Laberge, Electronic Green Journal

Author Information

Judith C. Enders is a member of the study group ""Global Issues"" of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). She was Senior Researcher at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, Germany, and is now conducting freelance social research. Moritz Remig is a Researcher at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, Germany, and a PhD candidate at the University of Kassel, Germany.

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