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Sustainability and the Social Sciences: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Integrating Environmental Considerations into Theoretical Reorientation

Published 1 October 1999
Egon Becker, Thomas Jähn
Citations186

Abstract

* 1. Exploring Uncommon Ground: Sustainability as a Concept for the Social Sciences - Egon Becker, Thomas Jahn and Immanuel Stiess * Part I: Sustainability: Linking the 'Leitbild' to Emerging Fields of Knowledge ** 2. Social Sustainability and Whole Development: Exploring Dimensions of Sustainable Development - Ignacy Sachs ** 3. Sustainability and Territory: Meaningful Practices and Material Transformation - Henri Acselrad ** 4. Sustainability and Sociology: Northern Preoccupations - Michael Redclift ** 5. Sustainability, Sustainable Development and Gender: A View from a Feminist Perspective - Rosi Braidotti ** 6. From Experience to Theory: Traditions of Social-Ecological Research in Modern India - Ramachandra Guha ** 7. The Socio-Ecological Embeddedness of Economic Activity: The Emergence of a Transdisciplinary Field - Juan Martinez-Alier * Part II: Towards Defining, Measuring and Achieving Sustainability: Analytical Approaches in the Social Sciences ** 8. The Political Logic of Sustainability - Nazli Choucri ** 9. Economic Concepts of Sustainability: Relocating Economic Activity within Society and Environment - John M Gowdy

Keywords

Environmental Science