Sustainability Transformations - Agents and Drivers Across Societies

List of contents

Part I. Making Sense of Transformations: 1. How do we change the world?; 2. Sense-making analysis; 3. How societies change: theories of transformation; Part II. Varieties of Transformations to Sustainability: 4. Global arenas of transformations; 5. Localizing transformations; 6. Transformation narratives; Part III. Manoeuvring in a Multi-Transformational World: 7. Governing transformations; 8. Our transforming world; References; Index.

About the author

Björn-Ola Linnér is Professor of Environmental Change at Linköpings Universitet, Sweden. He leads internationally recognized research on transnational climate governance and geopolitics of sustainability transformations. He has long experience as advisor in international climate governance and sustainable development research policy. He is author of The Return of Malthus (2003) and co-author of The Political Economy of Climate Change Adaptation (2015).Victoria Wibeck is Professor of Environmental Change at Linköpings Universitet, Sweden. Her research focuses on communication studies. She is a recognized authority on sense-making of complex sustainability challenges, social representations of climate change, and communicative aspects of environmental management by objectives. Wibeck has internationally unique expertise in methodology for cross-country focus group research.

Summary

This volume compares how societal actors in different geographical, political and cultural contexts understand the agents and drivers of societal change towards sustainability, using data from academic literature, news media and lay people. It is a valuable resource for academics and policymakers in environmental governance and sustainability.

Product details

• Authors: Bjoern-Ola (Linkoepings Universitet Linner, Bjorn-Ola Linner, Bjorn-Ola (Linkopings Universitet Linner, Björn-Ola Linnér, Victoria Wibeck, Victoria (Linkoepings Universitet Wibeck
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781108487474
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48747-4
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Sustainability, Climate Change, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, LAW / Environmental, International Relations, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Social impact of environmental issues, Environment law, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Environmentalist, Conservationist & Green Organizations, Environmentalist, conservationist and Green organizations