Sustainable Development

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1. Theoretical approaches to sustainable development
• 1.1. Free market environmentalism
• 1.2. Ecological modernization
• 1.3. Citizen participation
• 2. Economic approaches to sustainable development
• 2.1. Neoclassical approach
• 2.2. Ecological economics
• 2.2.1. Ecological economics (London school)
• 2.2.2. Ecological economics (Industrial school)
• 2.2.2.1. Industrial ecology and circular economy
• 2.2.3. Ecological economics (American school)
• 2.3. Analyzing scientific controversies in an uncertain universe
• 2.4. Convention analysis (Economics of convention)
• 2.5. Humanistic issues
• 2.6. Historical and institutional analyses
• 2.7. Entropic analysis encourages reduced growth (degrowth)
• 3. Ecological approaches to sustainable development
• 3.1. Green criticism
• 3.2. Ecosocialism
• 3.3. Political ecology
• 3.4. Ecoanarchism
• 3.5. Deep ecology
• 3.6. Ecofeminism
• 4. A sociological approach to sustainable development
• 4.1. The essence of the social dimension of sustainable development
• 4.2. Environmental sociology
• Conclusion
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Bibliography
• Documents and reports
• Encyclopedias and dictionaries
• Books and articles
• Materials from the Internet
• Internet sources

Katarzyna Stachurska-Szczesiak

Sustainable Development

Theoretical Approaches

Berlin · Bruxelles · Chennai · Lausanne · New York · Oxford

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Names: Stachurska-Szczesiak, Katarzyna, 1976- author

Title: Sustainable development : theoretical approach / Katarzyna Stachurska-Szczesiak.

Other titles: Rozwój samopodtrzymujący. English

Description: Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2025] | Series: Studies in politics, security and society, 2199-028X | Originally published in Polish as 2021 as: Rozwój samopodtrzymujący : ujęcie teoretyczne. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2025004128 (print) | LCCN 2025004129 (ebook) | ISBN 9783631930120 hardback | ISBN 9783631930168 ebook | ISBN 9783631935811 epub

Subjects: LCSH: Sustainable development

Classification: LCC HC79.E5 S668913 2025 (print) | LCC HC79.E5 (ebook) | DDC 338.9/27--dc23/eng/20250721

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The cover image courtesy of Benjamin Ben Chaim.

This publication was financially supported by Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland.

ISSN 2199-028X

ISBN 978-3-631-93012-0 (Print)

ISBN 978-3-631-93016-8 (EPDF)

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DOI 10.3726/b22775

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Contents

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Theoretical approaches to sustainable development

1.1. Free market environmentalism

1.2. Ecological modernization

1.3. Citizen participation

2. Economic approaches to sustainable development

2.1. Neoclassical approach

2.2. Ecological economics

2.2.1. Ecological economics (London school)

2.2.2. Ecological economics (Industrial school)

2.2.2.1. Industrial ecology and circular economy

2.2.3. Ecological economics (American school)

2.3. Analyzing scientific controversies in an uncertain universe

2.4. Convention analysis (Economics of convention)

2.5. Humanistic issues

2.6. Historical and institutional analyses

2.7. Entropic analysis encourages reduced growth (degrowth)

3. Ecological approaches to sustainable development

3.1. Green criticism

3.2. Ecosocialism

3.3. Political ecology

3.4. Ecoanarchism

3.5. Deep ecology

3.6. Ecofeminism

4. A sociological approach to sustainable development

4.1. The essence of the social dimension of sustainable development

4.2. Environmental sociology

Conclusion

List of Tables

List of Figures

Bibliography

List of Abbreviations

Agenda 2030 Global development strategy based on the concept on the World Bank

MB Mediterranean Basin

COVID-19 Respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus

CGDDfr General Commissioner’s Office for Sustainable Development (GCSD)

CSR Corporate Social Responsibility

EE Ecological Economics

DE Deep Ecology

EC Economy of Convention

EM Ecological Modernization

EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency

ESICs Education for a Sustainable and Inclusive Society

IE Industrial Economics

ITE Industrial and Territorial Ecology

ESD Education for Sustainable Development

FME Free Market Environmentalism

FFU Berlin School of Environmental Politics

CE Circular Economy

GGGI Global Green Growth Institute

GMO Genetically Modified Organisms

GPI Genuine Progress Indicator postępu

HCFC Hydrochlorofluorocarbons

HDI Human Development Index

HEP Human Exceptionalism Paradigm

ICREI International Centre for Research on Environmental Issues

IEC Institute for Circular Economy

ISEW Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare

IDDRI Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations

IHU Méditerranée Infection – Mediterranean Institute for Infection

ISEE International Society for Ecological Economics

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPBES Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

LIER French interdisciplinary laboratory for reflexivity research

NEP New Ecological Paradigm

OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

PERC Property and Environment Research Center

SD Sustainable Development

SARS-CoV-2 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

SCBA Social Cost-Benefit Analysis

SDGs Sustainable Development Goals

RT Regulation Theory

EU European Union

UNEP United Nations Environment Programme