1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457077703321

Autore

Grin John

Titolo

Transitions to sustainable development : new directions in the study of long term transformative change / / John Grin, Jan Rotmans and Johan Schot ; in collaboration with Frank Geels and Derk Loorbach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-15118-0

1-282-57022-6

9786612570223

0-203-85659-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (418 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in sustainability transitions

Altri autori (Persone)

RotmansJan <1961->

SchotJ. W

Disciplina

338.9/27

338.927

Soggetti

Sustainable development

Change

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Textboxes; Foreword; Preface; Introduction: From Persistent Problems to System Innovations and Transitions; Part I The Dynamics of Transitions A: Socio-Technical Perspective; I.1 Introduction: Exploration of the Research Topic; I.2 A Multi-Level Perspective on Transitions; I.3 Theoretical Backgrounds: Science and Technology Studies, Evolutionary Economics and Sociology; I.4 A Typology of Transition Pathways; I.5 Managing Sustainable Innovation Journeys; I.6 Reflections: Process Theory, Causality and Narrative Explanation

Part II Towards a Better Understanding of Transitions and Their Governance: A Systemic and Reflexive ApproachII.1 Introduction; II.2 A Complex Integrated Systems Perspective; II.3 Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Transitions; II.4 Research into the Governance of Transitions: A Framework for Transition Management; II.5 Case Study I: Parkstad Limburg: Regional Transition Management; II.6 Case Study II: The Dutch



Energy Transition; II.7 Self-Evaluation of the Development and Prospects of Transition Management; Part III Understanding Transitions from a Governance Perspective; III.1 Introduction

III.2 Contemporary Processes of Institutional ChangeIII.3 Modernization Processes in Dutch Agriculture, 1886 to the Present; III.4 The Governance of Transitions: An Agency Perspective; III.5 Modernization as Multilevel Dynamics: Lessons from Dutch Agriculture; III.6 Governance of Transitions An Analytical Perspective; Conclusion: How to Understand Transitions? How to Infl uence Them?: Synthesis and Lessons for Further Research; Notes; References; About the Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Over the past few decades, there has been a growing concern about the social and environmental risks which have come along with the progress achieved through a variety of mutually intertwined modernization processes. In recent years these concerns are transformed into a widely-shared sense of urgency, partly due to events such as the various pandemics threatening livestock, and increasing awareness of the risks and realities of climate change, and the energy and food crises. This sense of urgency includes an awareness that our entire social system is in need of fundamental transformation. B



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463145803321

Autore

Brosche Johan

Titolo

Violent conflict and peacebuilding : the continuing crisis in Darfur / / Johan Brosche and Daniel Rothbart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-10485-4

1-283-86185-2

1-136-25135-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in peace and conflict resolution

Altri autori (Persone)

RothbartDaniel

Disciplina

962.404/3092

Soggetti

Genocide - Sudan - Darfur

Ethnic conflict - Sudan - Darfur

Peace-building - Sudan - Darfur

Electronic books.

Sudan History Darfur Conflict, 2003-

Darfur (Sudan) Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [152]-167) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Violence in Darfur -- Complementary conflicts -- Communal conflicts -- Local elites conflicts -- Center-periphery conflicts -- Cross-border conflicts -- Southern Sudan : the continuing crisis -- International response -- Negotiating the conflicts in darfur.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the continuing devastation in the Darfur region of Sudan, from the perspective of a multiplicity of conflicts of distinct types.The crisis reached its peak in 2003-2004, when certain Arab militias joined forces with the Sudan armed forces in a campaign against insurgent resistance movements. Engulfed in the tumult, Darfurians experienced systematic slaughter, sexual violence, and internal displacement on a massive scale. Although the violence has waned in recent years, the fighting continues to this day. The authors cast this crisis as a complex web of four distinc