Understanding Sustainability Economics: Towards Pluralism in Economics

by Peter Soderbaum

Book Overview

This highly readable yet challenging book provides a critical examination of the failings of mainstream economics and the resultant environmental problems we are facing. Most importantly, it articulates what an alternative economics for sustainability would look like in both theory and practice. The book provides a brief history of economics and looks at the intersection between politics and the often hidden values embedded in economics. Also covered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184407627X
• ISBN13: 9781844076277
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"