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Title
Towards a natural social contract : transformative social-ecological innovation for a sustainable, healthy and just society / Patrick Huntjens.
ISBN
9783030671303 (electronic bk.)
3030671305 (electronic bk.)
3030671291
9783030671297
Published
Cham : Springer, 2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-67130-3 doi
Call Number
JC336 .H86 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
303.3/72
Summary
This open access book states that the endemic societal faultlines of our times are deeply intertwined and that they confront us with challenges affecting the security and sustainability of our societies. It states that new ways of inhabiting and cultivating our planet are needed to keep it healthy for future generations. This requires a fundamental shift from the current anthropocentric and economic growth-oriented social contract to a more ecocentric and regenerative natural social contract. The author posits that in a natural social contract, society cannot rely on the market or state alone for solutions to grand societal challenges, nor leave them to individual responsibility. Rather, these problems need to be solved through transformative social-ecological innovation (TSEI), which involves systemic changes that affect sustainability, health and justice. The TSEI framework presented in this book helps to diagnose and advance innovation and change across sectors and disciplines, and at different levels of governance. It identifies intervention points and helps formulate sustainable solutions for policymakers, administrators, concerned citizens and professionals in moving towards a more just and equitable society.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Part I
The quest for a natural social contract
1. Introduction
2. Sustainability transition: quest for a new social contract
3. Towards a natural social contract
Part II
Theories and concepts
4. Conceptual background of Transformative Social-Ecological Innovation
Part III
A Research and Innovation Agenda
5. Analytical instruments for studying TSEI
6. Transition to a sustainable and healthy agri-food system
7. Governance of urban sustainability transitions
Bibliography.
