constructing inclusive freedom and sustainability /
First Statement of Responsibility
Debal Deb.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Sterling, VA :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Earthscan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xxiii, 583 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-567) and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The doctrine of development -- Myths and misconceptions -- Propagating profligacy -- Fantasies and falsities -- Arguments for alternatives -- Search for sustainability -- Consilience and change -- Superstructural superpositions -- Inferences and implications.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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History tells us that industrial development with all of its pollution, inequity and exploitation is the inevitable destiny of human societies. Yet is this really the case or are we trapped in a prevailing 'develop-mentality' that demands an endless cycle of inputs, outputs, consumption and waste on a finite planet? And is there another, better way for humans and the biosphere?This incisive, epic work turns the dominant industrial development model and its economics upside down and argues for a new way of thinking about the meaning of development and the complexion of our economy. The book tra.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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MIL
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217088
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Title
Beyond developmentality.
International Standard Book Number
9781844077113
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Knowledge, Theory of.
Sustainable development-- History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Development-- Sustainable Development.