Economía ecológica latinoamericana
Economía ecológica latinoamericana

Author: Alonso Aleida Azamar

Publisher: Siglo XXI Editores México

Published: 2022-01-17

Total Pages: 575

ISBN-13: 6070311868

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En América Latina, una región con abundancia y diversidad de recursos naturales, el contexto global se configura en el desarrollo de un patrón metabólico extractivista cuyas severas consecuencias sociales y ambientales va no pueden ser interpretadas a partir de miradas socioeconómicas convencionales. Desde una perspectiva transdisciplinaria, este libro busca representar la pluralidad de enfoques de los miembros de diferentes sociedades de economía ecológica en América Latina y establecer un marco de referencia para la construcción de alternativas de transición frente a la crisis socioecológica. A través de una pluralidad de discusiones de matiz teórico, investigaciones que permiten caracterizar la situación latinoamericana en relación con la conflictividad socioambiental y reflexiones sobre prácticas transformadoras, este volumen colectivo despliega los principales ejes en los que se desenvuelve la economía ecológica, con el fin de adaptar el conocimiento de tal campo de estudios a un proyecto regional. La colección Miradas Latinoamericanas. Un estado del debate tiene como objetivo revelar las novedades teóricas, metodológicas y temáticas en diversos campos del saber, tanto a través de perspectivas trans e interdisciplinares, como desde diferentes tradiciones intelectuales. Los libros que integran esta colección reúnen trabajos que exponen las novedades y dan cuenta de las transformaciones en relación con las temáticas, abordajes, enfoques teóricos, preguntas y objetos de investigación en los campos de las Ciencias Sociales y las Humanidades, para poner en valor la originalidad, la relevancia y el impacto del conocimiento producido desde la región.

The Routledge Handbook on Karl Polanyi
The Routledge Handbook on Karl Polanyi

Author: Michele Cangiani

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-02-05

Total Pages: 595

ISBN-13: 1003852505

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Karl Polanyi is one of the most influential social scientists of our era. A report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) begins by noting that we are in a "Polanyi era": a time of dangerously unregulated markets, where the greatest need for decisive political action is matched by the least trust in politics. This handbook provides a comprehensive of recent research on Polanyi’s work and ideas, including the central place occupied by his thinking on the relationship between economics and politics. The stellar line-up of contributors to this book explore Polanyi’s work reflecting the intrinsic interdisciplinarity of Polanyi’s approach to understanding our society, its place in history, its fundamental dynamics, and its contradictions, as well as the methodological issues he raises. The handbook broadly follows a chronological structure beginning with influences on Polanyi, his formative experiences and early works. A significant section is dedicated to Polanyi’s seminal work, The Great Transformation, and its impact. Further sections also look at Polanyi’s wider influence, on various disciplines and methodological debates, and his ongoing relevance for present-day issues including debates on populism, neoliberalism and low carbon transitions. This handbook is a vital resource for students and scholars of economics, politics, sociology, and other social sciences.

The Barcelona School of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology
The Barcelona School of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology

Author: Sergio Villamayor-Tomas

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-02-28

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 303122566X

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In this open access book, ecological economics and political ecology traditions converge into a single academic school. The book constitutes a common ground where multiple and critical voices are expressed, covering a broad scope of urgent matters at the crossroad between society, economy and the natural environment. The manuscripts composing this compendium offer appealing material for both experienced and younger researchers interested in interdisciplinary exchanges in the field of the social environmental sciences. It combines historical accounts with recent theoretical and empirical developments revolving around the interaction between three foundational notions of the Barcelona School: social metabolism, environmental justice and self-reflective science.

Latin America in Times of Global Environmental Change
Latin America in Times of Global Environmental Change

Author: Cristian Lorenzo

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-08-05

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 3030242544

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This volume discusses the challenges of Latin America in global environmental geopolitics. Written by leading experts, this book brings together Latin American research on global environmental change. They cover a range of topics such as climate change, water, forest and biodiversity conservation connected with science policies, public opinion, priorities of international funds, and international politics of Latin American countries. The book describes the discrepancy between the international priorities and the regional needs or country interests. It includes several case studies and analyses the cooperation in multilateral negotiations on climate change. It also offers a synthesis of debates around global environmental changes and Latin American politics, which the authors have previously promoted in different academic events in South America, including in Santiago de Chile in Chile, and Buenos Aires and Ushuaia in Argentina. This book assesses the environmental problems from different perspectives, highlights the scientific development in the environmental changes affecting Latin America and offers a new view on geopolitics to help face those issues. Specialist readers in international relations, political sciences, environmental sciences, geography and geopolitics will appreciate this up-to-date examination of Latin America and the global environmental change.

The Social and Solidarity Economy in Latin America
The Social and Solidarity Economy in Latin America

Author: Pablo Baisotti

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2021-06-14

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1527571092

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This book explores the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in Latin America. It highlights the challenges and possibilities for the countries of this region, and analyzes the evolution of the Social Economy’s processes in order to ascertain its implications and social dimensions. The text also deals with solidarity alternatives in the capital market and the emergencies that occur in order to humanize the capitalist system.

Entrepreneurship and Family Business Vitality
Entrepreneurship and Family Business Vitality

Author: José Manuel Saiz-Álvarez

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-07-16

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 3030155269

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In order to respond to economic globalization and increased competitive pressures, companies need innovative, efficient and effective management strategies. Accordingly, this book explores various scenarios faced by entrepreneurs and family businesses, and proposes strategies to tackle the challenges and seize opportunities to grow in a highly competitive environment. It underscores the importance of deploying vital strategies to survive and flourish in the long term, overcoming challenges, and capitalizing on opportunities in order to attain / maintain a competitive position. By presenting and integrating the latest insights and case studies on entrepreneurship, family businesses, and strategy research, the book provides concrete recommendations for effective business survival and growth.

From an Ethic of Sufficiency to its Policy and Practice in Late Capitalism
From an Ethic of Sufficiency to its Policy and Practice in Late Capitalism

Author: Manu V. Mathai

Publisher: Frontiers Media SA

Published: 2023-12-13

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 2832540686

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That the notion of “sufficiency” is essential for a good life is an idea that enjoys support across many ethical, philosophical, religious and cultural persuasions. This notion reasserted itself in the study of sustainability once modern society reluctantly took cognizance of the limited low entropy energy and matter available for human appropriation. There is today therefore a general recognition of (i.e. not necessarily wide agreement on the merits of or needs for) notions of sufficiency as a species of environmentalism within secular communities. In this context, a critical question that invites our attention is how to effect sufficiency, and in particular of dealing with the daunting challenge of injustice as well as questions of distribution within and between countries that it brings to attention. Given sufficiency’s original home, as it were, in tradition, the modern world has tended to dismiss it or to plead to individual voluntary simplicity when faced with evidence asserting its necessity. Sufficiency is also often written away as a spiritual problem. The domain of ascetics and the religious. How to habilitate sufficiency in a political economy for the secular modern facing its biggest existential challenge yet, in the form of the environmental crisis?

Social-ecological Systems of Latin America: Complexities and Challenges
Social-ecological Systems of Latin America: Complexities and Challenges

Author: Luisa E. Delgado

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-10-31

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 3030284522

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Human societies are influencing nature in such a way that their independent analysis is no longer suitable. Fortunately, social-ecological systems provide a conceptual framework for the interconnected analysis of societies and ecosystems. However, in the case of Latin America, the complexity of social-ecological processes undermined a much-needed compilation of theoretical concepts, methods and case studies. Increasing readers’ understanding of such systems using a postnormal approach, the book discusses current concepts and methods with examples of studies from eight countries. It is a useful resource for social actors, government decision makers and scholars.

Routledge Handbook of Latin America and the Environment
Routledge Handbook of Latin America and the Environment

Author: Beatriz Bustos

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-05-31

Total Pages: 722

ISBN-13: 1000869024

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The Routledge Handbook of Latin America and the Environment provides an in-depth and accessible analysis and theorization of environmental issues in the region. It will help readers make connections between Latin American and other regions’ perspectives, experiences, and environmental concerns. Latin America has seen an acceleration of environmental degradation due to the expansion of resource extraction and urban areas. This Handbook addresses Latin America not only as an object of study, but also as a region with a long and profound history of critical thinking on these themes. Furthermore, the Handbook departs from most treatments on the topic by studying the environment as a social issue inextricably linked to politics, economy, and culture. The Handbook will be an invaluable resource for those wanting not only to understand the issues, but also to engage with ideas about environmental politics and social-ecological transformation. The Handbook covers a broad range of topics organized according to three areas: physical geography, ecology, and crucial environmental problems of the region. These are key theoretical and methodological issues used to understand Latin America’s ecosocial contexts, and institutional and grassroots practices related to more just and ecologically sustainable worlds. The Handbook will set a research agenda for the near future and provide comprehensive research on most subregions relative to environmental transformations, challenges, struggles and political processes. It stands as a fresh and much needed state of the art introduction for researchers, scholars, post-graduates and academic audiences on Latin American contributions to theorization, empirical research and environmental practices.

Routledge Handbook of Global Sustainability Governance
Routledge Handbook of Global Sustainability Governance

Author: Agni Kalfagianni

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-10-21

Total Pages: 509

ISBN-13: 1351691295

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The Routledge Handbook of Global Sustainability Governance provides a state-of-the-art review of core debates and contributions that offer a more normative, critical, and transformatively aspirational view on global sustainability governance. In this landmark text, an international group of acclaimed scholars provides an overview of key analytical and normative perspectives, material and ideational structural barriers to sustainability transformation, and transformative strategies. Drawing on pivotal new and contemporary research, the volume highlights aspects to be considered and blind spots to be avoided when trying to understand and implement global sustainability governance. In this context, the authors of this book debunk many myths about all-too optimistic accounts of progress towards a sustainability transition. Simultaneously, they suggest approaches that have the potential for real sustainability transformation and systemic change, while acknowledging existing hurdles. The wide-ranging chapters in the collection are organised into four key parts: • Part 1: Conceptual lenses • Part 2: Ethics, principles, and debates • Part 3: Key challenges • Part 4: Transformative approaches This handbook will serve as an important resource for academics and practitioners working in the fields of sustainability governance and environmental politics.