LEADER 04409nam 2200685Ka 450 001 9910917269003321 005 20250626100022.7 035 $a(CKB)36718697400041 035 $a(ODN)ODN0010074225 035 $a(oapen)doab67952 035 $a(EXLCZ)9936718697400041 100 $a20230922d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTowards a natural social contract $eTransformative social-ecological innovation for a sustainable, healthy and just society. /$fPatrick Huntjens 210 $d2021 215 $a1 online resource 311 08$a9783030671297 311 08$a3030671291 311 08$a9783030671303 311 08$a3030671305 330 $aThis open access book is a 2022 Nautilus Gold Medal winner in the category "World Cultures' Transformational Growth & Development". It states that the societal fault lines of our times are deeply intertwined and that they confront us with challenges affecting the security, fairness and sustainability of our societies. The author, Prof. Dr. Patrick Huntjens, argues that overcoming these existential challenges will require a fundamental shift from our current anthropocentric and economic growth-oriented approach to a more ecocentric and regenerative approach. He advocates for a Natural Social Contract that emphasizes long-term sustainability and the general welfare of both humankind and planet Earth. Achieving this crucial balance calls for an end to unlimited economic growth, overconsumption and over-individualisation for the benefit of ourselves, our planet, and future generations. To this end, sustainability, health, and justice in all social-ecological systems will require systemic innovation and prioritizing a collective effort. The Transformative Social-Ecological Innovation (TSEI) framework presented in this book serves that cause. It helps to diagnose and advance innovation and spur change across sectors, disciplines, and at different levels of governance. Altogether, TSEI identifies intervention points and formulates jointly developed and shared solutions to inform policymakers, administrators, concerned citizens, and professionals dedicated towards a more sustainable, healthy and just society. A wide readership of students, researchers, practitioners and policy makers interested in social innovation, transition studies, development studies, social policy, social justice, climate change, environmental studies, political science and economics will find this cutting-edge book particularly useful. "As a sustainability transition researcher, I am truly excited about this book. Two unique aspects of the book are that it considers bigger transformation issues (such as societies' relationship with nature, purpose and justice) than those studied in transition studies and offers analytical frameworks and methods for taking up the challenge of achieving change on the ground." - Prof. Dr. René Kemp, United Nations University and Maastricht Sustainability Institute 606 $aNonfiction$2OverDrive 606 $aPolitics$2OverDrive 606 $aScience$2OverDrive 610 $aCentral / national / federal government policies 610 $aComparative Social Policy 610 $aEnvironmental Anthropology 610 $aEnvironmental Social Sciences 610 $aHuman Security 610 $aInstitutional Change 610 $aopen access 610 $aPlanetary Boundaries 610 $aPlanetary Health 610 $aPolitics & government 610 $aPolitics of the Welfare State 610 $aSocial Contract 610 $aSocial Innovation 610 $aSocial Justice 610 $aSocial Justice, Equality and Human Rights 610 $aSocial Policy 610 $aSocial work 610 $aSocial Work and Community Development 610 $aSocial-Ecological Systems 610 $aSustainability 610 $aSustainability Transition 610 $aSustainable Development 610 $asustainable development goals 615 17$aNonfiction. 615 7$aPolitics. 615 7$aScience. 686 $aPOL029000$aSCI026000$aSOC025000$2bisacsh 700 $aHuntjens$b Patrick$01058513 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910917269003321 996 $aTowards a Natural Social Contract$92500321 997 $aUNINA