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The Logic of Sufficiency by Thomas Princen - ISBN: 9780262661904
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Builds sufficiency as a principle for sustainability with concepts and case studies and shows how seeking enough when more is possible is intuitive, rational and ethical.

The Logic of Sufficiency

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    424 pages

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    30 September 2005

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Summary

What if modern society put a priority on the material security of its citizens and the ecological integrity of its resource base? What if it took ecological constraint as a given, not a hindrance but a source of long-term economic security? How would it organize itself, structure its industry, shape its consumption?Across time and across cultures, people actually have adapted to ecological constraint. They have changed behavior; they have built institutions. And they have developed norms and …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262661904
ISBN-10:026266190X
Author:Thomas Princen
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:424
Release Date:30 September 2005
Weight:658g
Dimensions:229mm x 178mm x 20mm
Series:The MIT Press
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Critics Review

[A] detailed and engaging history of the efficiency principle and its role in supporting the paradigm of unlimited economic growth.

—Nature

…an admirable and timely book… a first-rate effort at breaking new ground in the consumption debate.

—Science

About The Author

Thomas Princen

Thomas Princen explores ecological and economic sustainability at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Treading Softly- Paths to Ecological Order and The Logic of Sufficiency (both published by the MIT Press).

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