The Great Mindshift : : How a New Economic Paradigm and Sustainability Transformations Go Hand in Hand.

• Superior document: The Anthropocene: Politik--Economics--Society--Science Series ; v.2
• Author: Göpel, Maja.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2016.; {copy}2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: The Anthropocene: Politik--Economics--Society--Science Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (201 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword by Prof. Dr. Simon Dalby -- Foreword by Prof. Dr. Uwe Schneidewind -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 It's the Economy, Stupid! -- 1.2 Structure of the Book -- 2 What Political Economy Adds to Transformation Research -- 2.1 Digging into Societal Transformation and System Innovation Research -- 2.1.1 Socio-technical Systems and Their Innovations -- 2.1.2 Socio-ecological Systems and Their Safe Operating Spaces -- 2.1.3 Socio-ecological-Technical Systems and Their Repurposing -- 2.1.4 The Economic Paradigm Shift Behind Today's World: Karl Polanyi's Heritage -- 2.2 Summary: Paradigm Shifts and Large System Change: Humanity's Structured Freedom -- 3 Why the Mainstream Economic Paradigm Cannot Inform Sustainability Transformations -- 3.1 How Mainstream Economics Views Human Needs and Their Satisfaction -- 3.1.1 What Is Utility and Where Is It Created? -- 3.1.2 Is 'Having' Really All the Fun There Is? -- 3.1.3 Checking Human Happiness and the Link with Income -- 3.1.4 How Does a Homo Economicus Feel and Act? -- 3.1.5 Summary: Human Need Perception and Well-Being Depend on the Processes Behind Creating Wealth -- 3.2 How Mainstream Economics Views Nature and Its Governance -- 3.2.1 What Types of Capital Exist and Where Do They Come from? -- 3.2.2 Market Prices and the Allocation or Protection of Scarce Resources -- 3.2.3 Checking Nature's Safe Operating Spaces for Human Growth Aspirations -- 3.2.4 How Does Exchange Value Governance Impact Living Systems? -- 3.2.5 Summary: Governing Human-Nature Relations Successfully Depends on Understanding Them -- 3.3 How Mainstream Economics Anticipate the Future -- 3.3.1 Which Real Qualities of Development Lie Behind Monetarized Predictions? -- 3.3.2 Unveiling the Money Magic.

3.3.3 Summary: Opening up Mainstream Economic Ideas Is Key for 'Our Common Future' -- 4 Mapping an Emerging New Economic Paradigm in Practice -- 4.1 Pioneering Businesses: Common Good Matrix and Balance Sheets -- 4.2 Pioneering Civil Society: Transition Towns for Resilient Local Solutions -- 4.3 Pioneering Governments: Beyond GDP Measures as Development Frames -- 4.4 Pioneering Governance Systems: Commoning as a New Stark Utopia -- 4.5 Summary: System Innovations for Sustainability by Double-Decoupling -- 5 How to Work a Great Mindshift for Sustainability Transformations -- 5.1 The Role of Mind-Sets in Unlocking Path Dependencies: Antonio Gramsci's Heritage -- 5.2 Transformative Literacy: Hacking Systems and Their Purpose -- 5.3 Summarizing Outlook -- References -- References -- Wuppertal Institut -- Wuppertal Institut's Research Focus on Sustainability Transition -- About the Author -- About this Book.