Economy, Environment and Technology: A Socioeconomic Approach: A Socioeconomic Approach

by Beat Burgenmeier

Overview

A study of local government and politics in China, exploring when and why local government officials comply with policy directives from above. The author draws on interviews with government officials in various municipalities and a review of county records and other government documents.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563244131
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/01/1994
Series:	Studies in Socio-Economics
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I The Behavioral Sciences Facing Environmental Protection; Chapter 1 Estimating Nonuse Values Requires Interdisciplinary Research, Gardner Brown; Chapter 2 Understanding Environmental Problems: A Sociological Perspective, Riley E. Dunlap, Loren A. Lutzenhiser, Eugene A. Rosa; Chapter 3 *The research reported in this chapter was part of a project titled “A Behavioral Science Framework for Source Separation Systems for Household Waste.” Besides the author, the project team included research fellow Michael G. Johansson. The project was financed by the Danish Social Science Research Council and the Aarhus School of Business., John Thøgersen; Part II Bioeconomics; Chapter 4 New Approaches in Ecological Economics: Energy Analysis and the Socioeconomic Elements of Environmental Economics, Sylvie Faucheux; Chapter 5 Economic-Ethical and Bioeconomic Elements of “Practical” Economics, Eberhard K. Seifert; Part III Sustainable Development; Chapter 6 Sustainable Development and the Economic Growth Debate, Paul Ekins; Chapter 7 The Physical and Biological Environment—The Socioeconomy of Sustainable Development, Andrea Baranzini, Gonzague Pillet; Part IV The Policy Implication; Chapter 8 Nearly Uncontrollable Pollution of an Agrarian System: A Socioeconomic Case Study, Jean-Louis Le Moigne, Magali Orillard; Chapter 9 Environmental Policy: Beyond the Economic Dimension, Beat Bürgenmeier; Chapter 10 The Challenge of Economics to Political Modernity: Some Views on the Limits of Collective Action and Power, Charles Roig;