03504nam 22006614a 450 991096311720332120251116175527.01-134-71592-71-280-33426-60-203-17018-01-134-71593-50-203-01512-6978661033426110.4324/9780203015124 (CKB)1000000000249443(EBL)165271(OCoLC)48139901(SSID)ssj0000143836(PQKBManifestationID)11142077(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000143836(PQKBWorkID)10112832(PQKB)10458045(MiAaPQ)EBC165271(Au-PeEL)EBL165271(CaPaEBR)ebr5003280(CaONFJC)MIL33426(OCoLC)1000426635(EXLCZ)99100000000024944319990329d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEconomy-environment-development-knowledge /Ken Cole1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19991 online resource (315 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-16259-9 0-415-16258-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-296) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue: what can we know about the world?; The scientific parameters of social existence; Economy; The economy; The consumer as economic dynamic: the subjective preference theory of value; The producer as economic dynamic: the cost-of-production theory of value; The citizen as economic dynamic: the abstract labour theory of value; Environment; Environment; The environment as a source of pleasure: egocentrism; The environment as a productive resource: ecocentrism; The environment and social evolution: sociocentrism; Development; DevelopmentDevelopment as the fulfilment of individuals' potentials: modernizationDevelopment as fulfilling the technical potentials of cooperation: structuralism; Development as the fulfilment of people's social potentials: class struggle; Knowledge; Knowledge; What? Identifying events: positivism; How? Explaining systems: paradigms; Why? Understanding processes: praxis; Intellectual panorama, ideological vision, and political view; Epilogue: what do we know about the world?; References; IndexAs we approach the end of the second millennium, we find ourselves in times of radical social change. Orthodox explanations of the economy, the environment and the development process are unable to provide coherent policies for such issues as employment creation, environmental degradation and social progress.Economy-Environment-Development-Knowledge provides alternative perspectives on these fundamental aspects of human existence. Economists, environmentalists, and development theorists have so far been unable to agree on the most successful prescriptions to address problems. TEnvironmental economicsEconomic developmentEnvironmental economics.Economic development.333.7Cole Ken247822MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963117203321Economy-environment-development-knowledge4493261UNINA