Understanding Industrial Transformation Views from Different Disciplines /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Olsthoorn, Xander (Editor), Wieczorek, Anna J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Environment & Policy, 44
• Subjects: History.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental management.; Economic history.; Development economics.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Economic History.; History, general.; Environmental Management.; Environmental Economics.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Development Economics.

'A system is just like truth's tail, but the truth is like a lizard. It will leave the tail in your hand and escape; it knows that it will soon grow another one.' [Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), Letter, Paris, January 3, 1857, to Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy. Turgenev: Letters...

Table of Contents:

• A Psychological View on Industrial Transformation and Behaviour
• Sociological Perspectives for Industrial Transformation
• Industrial Transformation and International Law
• Contributions to Transformation Research from Political Science
• Ecologicl Economics and Industrial Trnasformation
• An Evolutionary Economics Perspective in Industrial Transformation
• A Neo-Classical Economic View on Technological Transitions
• Multi-Level Perspective on System Innovation: Relevance for Industrial Transformation
• Managing Transitions for Sustainable Development
• Discussion and Conclusions.