Search for dissertations about: "Degrowth"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word Degrowth.
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1. Small business transition towards degrowth
Abstract : This work focuses on the relationship between small firms and degrowth. It aims to contribute to the understanding of what production by small firms should entail for a degrowth society and economy to be possible. READ MORE
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2. Ecological embedding : stories of back-to-the-land ecopreneurs and energy descent
Abstract : This thesis starts with the premise that to address ecological and climate crises, we need to understand their psychological and cultural roots found in the separation of modern societies from the natural world. This separation permeates mainstream approaches to sustainability that either sustain business-as-usual of the unbridled economic growth, or reform it with greener markets and technologies. READ MORE
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3. Relationship-to-Profit : A Theory of Business, Markets, and Profit for Social Ecological Economics
Abstract : How does the relationship between business and profit affect social and ecological sustainability? Many sustainability scholars have identified competition for profit in the market as a key driver of social exploitation and environmental destruction. Yet, studies rarely question whether businesses and markets have to be profit-seeking. READ MORE
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4. Profit-Orientation and Post-Growth Economies : Building Theory for Social-Ecological Resilience
Abstract : This thesis takes a post-growth perspective in order to answer the overarching research question: How does business profit-orientation affect social-ecological sustainability? It is the result of putting different pieces of the puzzle together - across the microeconomic and macroeconomic scales - in order to build a stronger conceptual and theoretical basis for sustainable post-growth economies.In Part 1, I describe what a post-growth perspective entails, as an inherently social-ecological systems approach. READ MORE
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5. Sustainability goals combining social and environmental aspects
Abstract : This thesis examines how to take into account both environmental and social sustainability goals to be used in scenarios or in policymaking.In paper I, we select four sustainability goals that have to be fulfilled by 2050 in normative future scenarios for Sweden in a degrowth context. READ MORE