02703 a2200553 4500 1032085355 20250317100354.0 250312042021GB 17 eng 9781032085357 Taylor & Francis GBP 41.99 BB 01 eng RND thema KCVG thema TN thema THV thema THYC thema RNPG thema GTP thema KCD thema RNF thema JPSN thema 1QFE bisac RND bic KCN bic TN bic THX bic THT bic RNPG bic GTF bic KCD bic RNF bic JPSN2 bic 1QFE bisac BUS099000 bisac NAT010000 bisac POL024000 bisac POL044000 bisac POL058000 bisac 338.9407 bisac Zora Kovacic Circular Economy in Europe Critical Perspectives on Policies and Imaginaries 1 Oxford Routledge 20210630 208 p The Circular Economy in Europe presents an overview and a critical discussion on how circularity is conceived, imagined, and enacted in current EU policy-making. In 2013, the idea of a circular economy entered the stage of European policy-making in the efforts to reconcile environmental and economic policy objectives. In 2019 the European Commission declared in a press release that the Circular Economy Action Plan has been delivered. The level of circularity in the European economy, however, has remained the same. Bringing together perspectives from social sciences, environmental economics and policy analysis, The Circular Economy in Europe provides a critical analysis of policies and promises of the next panacea for growth and sustainability. The authors provide a theoretical and empirical basis to discuss how contemporary societies conceive their need to re-organise production and consumption and explores the messy assemblage of institutions, actors, waste streams, biophysical flows, policy objectives, scientific disciplines, values, expectations, promises and aspirations involved. This book is essential reading for all those interested in understanding how ideas about the circular economy emerged historically, how they gained traction and are used in policy processes, and what the practical challenges in implementing this policy are. Roger Strand A01 Thomas Völker A01 473 473