Title The Role of Non-State Actors in the Green Transition : Building a Sustainable Future

Published Milton : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (291 pages) Series Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies Routledge explorations in environmental studies. Contents Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Note of Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Sustainability; Do-it-yourself and practivism; Community; Impact and scalability; Knowledge and learning from participation; References; Part I Individual and collective sustainable norms and behaviour; 2 Sustainable societies: committed people in supportive conditions; Varying levels of sustainability across societies; Sustainable behaviour: a function of environmental attitude and behavioural costs; Identifying attitude Promoting behaviour by reducing costsPromoting behaviour by increasing people's environmental attitude; Environmental attitude: the necessary condition for sustainable performance; Supportive conditions for a sustainable society; Acknowledgements; Notes; References; 3 'It has to be reasonable': pragmatic ways of living sustainably in Danish eco-communities; Introduction; The field: Danish eco-communities; Theoretical approach; Pragmatic ways of living sustainably; Structural pragmatism; Collective pragmatism; Conclusion; Notes; References 4 Stronger together: how Danish environmental communities influence behavioural and societal changesBackground; Environmental communities as physical and socio-political infrastructures; Environmental communities as collective identities; Environmental communities as educational institutions and incubation labs; Discussion and conclusion; References; Part II Grassroots, green communities and social impact; 5 Are vegetables political? The traces of the Copenhagen Food Coop; Introduction; Theory and method; Theory; Method; Data; The everyday politics of CFC: reassembling the networks The alternative economy of food: buying and selling organic foodTheThe mode(s) of decision-making; Project identity; Development of political capital; The inner network and politics in mode 1; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6 Rethinking environmentalism in a 'ruined' world: lessons from the permaculture movement; Introduction; Ruination and the rise of 'governing through objective objectives': explaining the erosion of the diversity of value arguments; Environmentalism in the face of ruination: understanding the perspective of care Reinhabiting: promises and perils of permaculture's alternative value practicesNetworks of networks and political ecotones against the risks of recuperation; Notes; References; 7 Urban green communities: towards a pragmatic sociology of civic commonality in sustainable city-making; Introduction: urban green communities in question; Community I: reasserting place attachments; Community II: neo-liberalgovernance strategies; Community III: imagined urban-greensolidarities; Civic commonality in the plural in the sustainable city; Conclusion: new civic landscapes of urban greening?; References Summary This book argues that there is no way to make progress in building a sustainable future without extensive participation of non-state actors. The volume explores the contribution of non-state actors to a sustainable transition, starting with citizens and communities of different kinds and ending with cities and city-networks. The authors analyse social, cultural, political and economic drivers and barriers for this transition, from individual behaviour to structural restraints, and investigate interplay between the two. Through a series of wide-ranging case studies from the UK, Australia, Germany, Italy and Denmark, and a number of comparative case studies, the volume provides an empirically and theoretically robust argument that highlights the need to develop, widen and scale up collective action and community-based engagement if the transition to sustainability is to be successful. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, sustainability and environmental policy Notes 8 The Stop Wasting Food Movement as a community of potentialities Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Jens Hoff is Professor in Political Science and leader of the Centre for Sustainability and Society at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark Quentin Gausset is Associate Professor in Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark Simon Lex is Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark Print version record Subject Sustainable development -- Political aspects Sustainable development -- Citizen participation -- Case studies Sustainable urban development -- Case studies POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development. Sustainable urban development Sustainable development -- Citizen participation Sustainable development -- Political aspects Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book Author Hoff, Jens Gausset, Quentin Lex, Simon ISBN 9781000576764 1000576760 9780429280399 0429280394 9781000586749 100058674X 9781000581751 1000581756

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