Building Sustainable Societies: A Blueprint for a Post-Industrial World

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Acknowledgments ix
• Introduction 3
• Notes 12
• Part One - Designing Sustainable Societies: Values and Institutions 15
• 1 - Peace, Justice, and Sustainability 17
• Notes 29
• 2 - Unsustainable Liberty, Sustainable Freedom 33
• Notes 43
• 3 - Sustainability's Five Capitals and Three Pillars 45
• Notes 53
• 4 - Sustainability and "The System Problem" 55
• Notes 65
• Part Two - The Changing Global Context 69
• 5 - Trade Policy: Clouds in the Vision of Sustainability 71

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Acknowledgments ix
• Introduction 3
• Notes 12
• Part One - Designing Sustainable Societies: Values and Institutions 15
• 1 - Peace, Justice, and Sustainability 17
• Notes 29
• 2 - Unsustainable Liberty, Sustainable Freedom 33
• Notes 43
• 3 - Sustainability's Five Capitals and Three Pillars 45
• Notes 53
• 4 - Sustainability and "The System Problem" 55
• Notes 65
• Part Two - The Changing Global Context 69
• 5 - Trade Policy: Clouds in the Vision of Sustainability 71
• Notes 90
• 6 - International Treaties for Sustainability: is the Montreal Protocol a Useful Model? 93
• Notes 107
• 7 - Transparent Sovereignty 113
• Notes 129
• 8 - War, Weapons, and Sustainability in the Post-Cold War Era 133
• Notes 145
• Part Three - Sustainable Development and North-South Issues 149
• 9 - Toward a Sustainable Global Population 151
• Notes 163
• 10 - Physical Growth Versus Technological Development: Odds in the Sustainability Race 167
• Notes 172
• 11 - Barriers to a Sustainable China 175
• Notes 186
• 12 - Authentic Development: is It Sustainable? 189
• Notes 203
• 13 - Involving Women in Sustainable Development: Livelihoods and Conservation 207
• Notes 223
• 14 - North-South Cooperation for Sustainability 227
• Notes 237
• Part Four Challenges of Transition 241
• 15 - Corporations as Agents for a Sustainable Society 243
• Notes 253
• 16 - World Food Problems: Making the Transition from Agriculture to Regenerative Food Systems 257
• Notes 270
• 17 - Becoming Sustainable: Changing the Way We Think 275
• Notes 296
• 18 - Infoglut and Competing Problems: Key Barriers Suggesting a New Strategy for Sustainability 299
• Notes 308
• 19 - Norway: Progress Toward Sustainability? 313
• Notes 322
• 20 - Measuring Sustainability: Indicators, Trends, and Performance 325
• Notes 346
• About the Editor 353
• Contributors 355