01865 a2200325 4500 1853836850 20250317100357.0 250312042000GB eng 9781853836855 Taylor & Francis GBP 71.99 BB 01 eng KCVG thema RN thema LBB thema JP thema KCN bic RN bic LBB bic JP bic BUS000000 bisac BUS069000 bisac 333.7 bisac Peter Soderbaum Ecological Economics Political Economics for Social and Environmental Development 1 Oxford Routledge 20000301 224 p Ecological economics seeks to socially construct a political economics which will deal successfully with environmental problems and make the individual more visible in economic analysis. The author describes the principles, strategies and instruments of social change for key players - governmental agencies, business corporations, environmental and religious organizations and universities - and underlines their responsibilities in the market economy. Peter Soderbaum emphasizes the need to articulate ideologies, worldviews, ethics and related scientific perspectives as part of economics, and the importance of pluralism and democratic decision making. His account of the theories and means that will brings us closer to a sustainable society consider tools such as environmental impact assessment (EIA) and describes success indicators such as environmental labelling and environmental management systems (EMS). It highlights strategies and policies that facilitate social change and sets out future agendas for the individual actors in political economics. 844 844