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Transitions to Sustainable Development

New Directions in the Study of Long Term Transformative Change
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418 Seiten
Englisch
Taylor & Franciserschienen am27.01.2010
There has been a growing concern about the social and environmental risks which have come along with the progress achieved through a variety of mutually intertwined modernization processes. This book addresses how to understand the dynamics and governance of long term transformative change towards sustainable development.mehr
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KlappentextThere has been a growing concern about the social and environmental risks which have come along with the progress achieved through a variety of mutually intertwined modernization processes. This book addresses how to understand the dynamics and governance of long term transformative change towards sustainable development.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-415-87675-9
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
FormatUngenäht / geklebt
Erscheinungsjahr2010
Erscheinungsdatum27.01.2010
Seiten418 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 156 mm, Höhe 236 mm, Dicke 30 mm
Gewicht730 g
Artikel-Nr.14997220
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Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Textboxes. Foreword by Carlota Perez. Preface. Introduction: From Persistent Problems to System Innovations and Transitions Part 1: The Dynamics of Transitions: A Socio-Technical Perspective 1.1: Introduction: Exploration of the Research Topic 1.2: A Multi-Level Perspective on Transitions 1.3: Theoretical Backgrounds: Crossovers STS, Evolutionary Economics, and Sociology 1.4: A Typology of Transition Pathways 1.5: Managing Sustainable Innovation Journeys 1.6: Reflections: Process Theory, Causality and Narrative Explanation Part 2: Towards a Better Understanding of Transitions and Their Governance: A Systemic and Reflexive Approach 2.1: Introduction 2.2: A Complex Integrated Systems Perspective 2.3: Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Transitions 2.4: Research into the Governance of Transitions: A Framework for Transition Management 2.5: Case Study I: Parkstad Limburg: Regional Transition Management 2.6: Case Study II: The Dutch Energy Transition 2.7: Self-Evaluation of the Development and Prospects of Transition Management Part 3: Understanding Transitions from a Governance Perspective 3.1: Introduction 3.2: Contemporary Processes of Institutional Change 3.3: Modernization Processes in Dutch Agriculture, 1886 to the Present 3.4: The Governance of Transitions: An Agency Perspective 3.5: Modernization as Multilevel Dynamics: Lessons from Dutch Agriculture 3.6: Governance of Transitions: An Analytical Perspective. Conclusion: How to Understand Transitions? How to Influence Them?: Synthesis and Lessons for Further Research. Notes. References. Index.mehr

Autor

John Grin is professor in policy sciences at the Department of Political Science of the University of Amsterdam. He is scientific director of the Amsterdam School of Social Science Research (ASSR), in which some 160 political scientists, sociologists and anthropologists cooperate in an interdisciplinary research programme.

Jan Rotmans is one of the founders of Integrated Assessment (IA), and has outstanding experience in IA modeling, scenario-building, uncertainty management and transition management. Since 2004 he has been a full professor in Transitions and Transition Management at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands, where he founded the DRIFT-institute: Dutch Research Institute For Transitions. He was vice-president of The Integrated Assessment Society (TIAS), and founder and director of the Dutch Knowledge Network on System Innovations and Transitions (KSI) and co-founder of the Urgenda Foundation. He is currently advisor of the Rotterdam Climate Initiative (RCI) and of the Rotterdam Stadshavens.

Johan Schot is professor in social history of technology at the Eindhoven University of Technology. He is research director of the Foundation for the History of Technology, and of the Foundation for System Innovation and Transitions towards Sustainable Development. He is a fellow of the N.W. Posthumus Institute for Social and Economic history, and co-founder and chairing (with Ruth Oldenziel) the Tensions of Europe Collaborative Network and Research Program.