Thomas Pfister, Martin Schweighofer, André Reichel

Gebundenes Buch

Sustainability

Beschreibung

Instead of providing a shopping list of textbook definitions of sustainability, the book will be a highly readable critical evaluation of the concept's evolution and use in politics, business and society.

Autor

André Reichel is a Professor for Critical Management & Sustainable Development at Karlshochschule International University in Karlsruhe, Germany. He holds a master's degree in Management and a doctoral degree in Economics and Social Sciences from the Universität Stuttgart. His main research interest is on degrowth and postgrowth with a special emphasis on microeconomic actors like companies and civil society organizations. More information about his work can be found at www.andrereichel.de. Thomas Pfister is Head of the EnergyCultures Research Group at Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen, Germany. He holds a master's degree in Political Science, Sociology, Modern History from Ludwig Maximilian's University Munich and a PhD in Political Science from Queen's University Belfast. His main research interests are in the relationship between science, society, and politics, particularly with regard to sustainable development, energy transitions, and European integration. In particular, he is interested the epistemic dimension of governance in these contexts and its interaction with concepts and practices of citizenship. Martin Schweighofer is a Researcher at the EnergyCultures Research Group at Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen, Germany. He holds a master's degree in Economics from the University of Vienna, has worked as a sustainability researcher and project manager for several years, and is now heading for his PhD in Sociology. His main research interests are in cultural transformations towards sufficiency and the respective dynamics of social practices, especially looking at the epistemic dimension. Currently he is doing research on the importance of social movements in the transition of energy cultures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 110
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 137mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780415714112
• ISBN-10: 0415714117
• Artikelnr.: 43153758