02801oam 2200709I 450 991082533320332120240131144442.01-136-53893-31-84977-546-X1-299-28622-41-136-53894-110.4324/9781849775465 (CKB)2560000000099984(EBL)1144665(SSID)ssj0000835676(PQKBManifestationID)11474835(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000835676(PQKBWorkID)10990595(PQKB)10861836(OCoLC)830627860(MiAaPQ)EBC1144665(Au-PeEL)EBL1144665(CaPaEBR)ebr10670485(CaONFJC)MIL459872(OCoLC)845252032(OCoLC)614989283(FINmELB)ELB138755(EXLCZ)99256000000009998420180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe limits to scarcity contesting the politics of allocation /edited by Lyla MehtaLondon ;Washington, D.C. :Earthscan,2010.1 online resource (287 p.)Science in society seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-84407-542-7 1-84407-457-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. I. Why does scarcity matter? -- pt. II. Economics and scarcity -- pt. III. Resource scarcity, institutional arrangements and policy responses : food, agriculture, water and energy.Scarcity is considered a ubiquitous feature of the human condition. It underpins much of modern economics and is widely used as an explanation for social organisation, social conflict and the resource crunch confronting humanity's survival on the planet. It is made out to be an all-pervasive fact of our lives - be it of housing, food, water or oil. But has the conception of scarcity been politicized, naturalized, and universalized in academic and policy debates? Has overhasty recourse to scarcity evoked a standard set of market, institutional and technological solutions which have blocked out Science in society series.ScarcityWelfare economicsSupply and demandResource allocationScarcity.Welfare economics.Supply and demand.Resource allocation.338.5/21Mehta Lyla122578MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825333203321The limits to scarcity4125424UNINA