ISBN: 9781844075423

Scarcity is considered a ubiquitous feature of the human condition. It underpins much of modern economics and is widely used as an explanation for social organisation, social conflict and… Plus…

Scarcity is considered a ubiquitous feature of the human condition. It underpins much of modern economics and is widely used as an explanation for social organisation, social conflict and the resource crunch confronting humanity''s survival on the planet. It is made out to be an all-pervasive fact of our lives - be it of housing, food, water or oil. But has the conception of scarcity been politicized, naturalized, and universalized in academic and policy debates? Has overhasty recourse to scarcity evoked a standard set of market, institutional and technological solutions which have blocked out political contestations, overlooking access as a legitimate focus for academic debates as well as policies and interventions? Theoretical and empirical chapters by leading academics and scholar-activists grapple with these issues by questioning scarcity''s taken-for-granted nature. They examine scarcity debates across three of the most important resources - food, water and energy - and their implications for theory, institutional arrangements, policy responses and innovation systems. The book looks at how scarcity has emerged as a totalizing discourse in both the North and South. The ''scare'' of scarcity has led to scarcity emerging as a political strategy for powerful groups. Aggregate numbers and physical quantities are trusted, while local knowledges and experiences of scarcity that identify problems more accurately and specifically are ignored. Science and technology are expected to provide ''solutions'', but such expectations embody a multitude of unexamined assumptions about the nature of the ''problem'', about the technologies and about the institutional arrangements put forward as a ''fix.'' Through this examination the authors demonstrate that scarcity is not a natural condition: the problem lies in how we see scarcity and the ways in which it is socially generated. Books List_Books, [PU: Earthscan]<

2010, ISBN: 1844075427

[EAN: 9781844075423], Neubuch, [PU: Taylor & Francis], BUSINESS & ECONOMICS GENERAL EARTH SCIENCES GEOPHYSICS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY / NATURE ECOLOGY POSTULATE WATE… Plus…

[EAN: 9781844075423], Neubuch, [PU: Taylor & Francis], BUSINESS & ECONOMICS GENERAL EARTH SCIENCES GEOPHYSICS ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY / NATURE ECOLOGY POSTULATE WATER BEN FINE MARSHALL SAHLINS POLITICS KARL, Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Lyla Mehta is a sociologist and Research Fellow with the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, UK and an Adjunct Professor at the Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric), Norwegi., Books<

2010, ISBN: 9781844075423

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Editor: Mehta, Lyla, Foreword: Rayner, Steve, Routledge, Paperback, Auflage: 1, 296 Seiten, Publiziert: 2010-12-09T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.34 kg, Development & Growth, Economics… Plus…

Editor: Mehta, Lyla, Foreword: Rayner, Steve, Routledge, Paperback, Auflage: 1, 296 Seiten, Publiziert: 2010-12-09T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.34 kg, Development & Growth, Economics, Business & Money, Subjects, Books, Microeconomics, Environmental Economics, Management & Leadership, Risk Management, Insurance, Ecology, Biological Sciences, Science & Math, Environmental Policy, Public Affairs & Policy, Politics & Government, Politics & Social Sciences, Business & Finance, New, Used & Rental Textbooks, Specialty Boutique, Business Development, Public Policy, Political Science, Routledge, 2010<

2010, ISBN: 9781844075423

paperback, New book, [PU: Routledge]