Schneidewind / Zahrnt The Politics of Sufficiency
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-86581-891-1
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Making it easier to live the Good Life
E-Book, Englisch, 166 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-86581-891-1
Verlag: oekom
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection
Uwe Schneidewind ist Präsident des Wuppertal Instituts für Klima, Umwelt, Energie, das seit 20 Jahren an neuen Wohlstandsmodellen arbeitet. Darüber hinaus war er Mitglied der Enquete-Kommission 'Wachstum, Wohlstand, Lebensqualität' des Deutschen Bundestages. Angelika Zahrnt war Vorsitzende des BUND und Mitglied im Nachhaltigkeitsrat der Bundesregierung. Durch die Initiierung der Studie 'Zukunftsfähiges Deutschland' und ihr Buch 'Postwachstumsgesellschaft' gilt sie als Vordenkerin der Wachstumsdebatte.
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1;The Politics of Sufficiency;1
2;Table of content;5
3;Foreword What this book is for;7
4;Introduction Why the Good Life is a political issue;11
4.1;What’s does ‘sufficiency’ mean? Finding the way to a whole life;13
4.2;Why sufficiency is a social issue as well – sustainability policy beyond the efficiency revolution;17
4.3;The politics of sufficiency as a contribution to an enlightened liberalism;22
4.4;The essential elements of the politics of sufficiency;24
4.5;The politics of sufficiency – an approach along four dimensions;27
5;Chapter I Framing – The prospects for a new institutional politics;31
5.1;New measures of prosperity – orienting our politics correctly;36
5.2;Institutional politics and competition policy to protect the commons;41
5.3;Creating an infrastructure that supports sufficiency;44
5.4;Towards a distribution policy that encourages sufficiency;46
6;Chapter II Orienting – The right measures for time and space, property and the market;49
6.1;Less speed – doing politics at the right tempo;53
6.2;Less distance – a life rooted in the region;55
6.3;Less clutter – decluttering and the politics of less;60
6.4;Less market – prosperity beyond the marketplace;64
7;Chapter III Shaping – Mobility, Housing, Food: implementing policies for the Good Life in practice;69
7.1;Housing;71
7.2;Mobility;86
7.3;Food;100
8;Chapter IV Enabling – Creating resources for sufficiency through employment, education, health and consumer policy;111
8.1;Health, sufficiency and the Good Life;114
8.2;Making Good Work easier;120
8.3;Education for the Good Life;125
8.4;Consumer policy;129
9;Chapter V Civil society, business and research as agents for a politics of sufficiency;135
9.1;Civil society;137
9.2;Business;144
9.3;Research;150
10;Conclusion How to contribute to the politics of sufficiency;157
10.1;The four pathways to a politics of sufficiency;159
11;References and further reading;160
12;Acknowledgements;163
13;About the authors;164