{"product_id":"going-past-limits-to-growth-a-report-to-the-club-of-rome-eu-chapter-hardback-9781786301956","title":"Going Past Limits To Growth; A Report to the Club of Rome EU-Chapter (Hardback) 9781786301956","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGoing Past Limits To Growth\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Report to the Club of Rome EU-Chapter\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePatrick Corsi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781786301956, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 July 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.476 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowth is a dominant economic driver accounting for the wealth of nations and organizations alike. However, in the face of environmental pressures, widespread social and economic imbalance, and the reigning climate of uncertainty we are experiencing today, there is now a need for a viable interpretation of what growth really means. In this book, the author redefines the limits to economic growth and tackles the issues involved in three parts, in order to study a variety of international issues, including the world economic system, climate change and environmental degradation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 A Present-Day Imperative 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 A Present-Day Imperative To Think or Not To Think… 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Where are we by now? 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Situating this book 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 From local to global to complex 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 In search for growth 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 On futures and their values 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Situating Growth in Time–Space 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Two six thousand day lapses 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Complexity to the fore 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 The message is not the content 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 On the approach taken by this book 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 Dominant Thinkings of the Past Century 27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Economic dynamics evolved 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Change and no change: the art of governance 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 What’s in a “dominant design”? 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Why are dominant designs important to consider? 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Operating dominant designs on an example 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Categorizing four general fixations found in the economic world 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 On the remarkable fixation on competition 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Implementing the defixation process 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 The Historical Contribution of System Dynamics 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 The pioneering work at MIT 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 The historical quest for cracking the “world problématique” 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 The historical outlet with the Club of Rome 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 On complex systems and the legacy relevance of system dynamics 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 On the psychology of “not wanting to know” 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Some prevalent differences and similarities with the seventies 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Getting away from system dynamics from now? 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 The position taken in this book 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2 A Methodology for Tackling Growth Problematics 57\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 In Search for New Approaches Fit-For-Purpose 59\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 A GDP comfort zone 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 In search for growth 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 How to correctly model the situation problematics 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Leaving duality 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 The ever-growing complexity 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Searching for a representation framework beyond set theory 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Shifting from problem-based to design-based methods 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 Angling the Core Subject Appropriately 81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Principle 1: find the “lowest lever point” 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Principle 2: divide to multiply 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.1 An example 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.2 The overall scheme 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Principle 3: going from the “two” to the “three” 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Practical considerations 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Case: reflections from a Haitian context 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 An asset base for growth 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 The exponential movement 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.8 The economic equation 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.9 Relationship with SDGs 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Cracking Open a Growth Concept 101\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 On the presence of dominant designs 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Some background knowledge relevant to GDP 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Discussing GDP features 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Evidencing past GDP’s dominant designs and breaking axes 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 A framed template for “new growth” 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Charting GDP’s dominant designs and breaking axes 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7 Blueprinting new growth concepts 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8 Expanding on growth-related concepts 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 Opening Up New Growth Axes 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Energy is everything; efficiency best manages it 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Option one: “electrifying GDP” 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Option two: “efficiency GDP” 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 A side note 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 On distribution and its criteria 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3 Going Beyond the Notion of GDP 131\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9 New Growth Operational Formulations with Examples 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 A quick return to system dynamics 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 How to balance the disequilibria by injecting a conduct way 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Why isn’t a circular economy enough? 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10 Discussing Work, Labor and Money 141\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Is work still on demand? 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Cultural factors underpinning work 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Work: background knowledge 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Fixations on work 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Work: dominant designs and breaking axes 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 Blueprint concepts for extending the notion of work 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.7 Expanding the notion of work towards a cooperation principle 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.8 The fixations on money 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11 Case Study: Growth Through Cooperation, Work, Time and Space 153\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Evolving work in co-working settings 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Why co-working as a subject matter? 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Generations of co-working spaces don’t act on the same premises 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Departing from some current views opens up future co-working spaces 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Using C-K theory for thinking future co-working spaces 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Giving thought to today’s 1.0 co-working spaces 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6.1 What’s critically missing in current CWS interpretations? 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6.2 Limits to the concept: is this a co-working space? 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6.3 Extending and reformulating the state-of-the-art for more conceptual expansions 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6.4 Structuring the K space for opening up ensuing C expansions 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6.5 Summarizing this thinking 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.7 Mechanisms for expanding the original concept 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.8 What may be a language for “working together?” 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.9 Founding experiments – the protocol and schedule 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.9.1 Evolving the results obtained: socio-economic implications 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.10 Concluding with some considerations for the future 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.11 Acknowledgments 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.12 Further reading 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12 A Society’s New Clothes 177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 The main messages from this book 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Enhancing dynamics 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Consciousness as the molding factor? 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4 Appendices 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1 A Short Primer on C-K Theory 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 2 Some Chronological Reports to The Club of Rome Commented 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 211\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BKJ%5D%22\"\u003eKJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-ISTE","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52446435868952,"sku":"9781786301956","price":113.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781786301956.jpg?v=1785111628","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/going-past-limits-to-growth-a-report-to-the-club-of-rome-eu-chapter-hardback-9781786301956","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}