Alternative Economies and Spaces: New Perspectives for a Sustainable Economy

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2013

Alternative Economies and Spaces

New Perspectives for a Sustainable Economy

Edited by: Hans-Martin Zademach and Sebastian Hillebrand
Funded by: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2016: Backlist Collection

In the series Global Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/transcript.9783839424988

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About this book

The volume entails a collection of contributions by leading scholars (Raymond Bryant, Michael K. Goodman, Benjamin Huybrechts, Andrew E.G. Jonas, Roger Lee, Peter North, and Katinka Weber) concerned with alternative modes of economic and social exchange. The cases addressed in these contributions - including credit unions, alternative currencies, sustainable consumption, and social enterprises - deliver valuable insights into how such alternatives are performed at various scales and spaces in relation to and beyond the economic mainstream. In sum, the collection provides vital grounds for both a transition of the economic system towards a more sustainable one, and a reconceptualisation of the economic itself in our scholarly thinking and everyday lives.

Author / Editor information

Hans-Martin Zademach is Professor of Economic Geography at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.
Sebastian Hillebrand is Research and Teaching Associate in the Department of Geography at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.

Reviews

»This book is a welcome addition to the alternative economics literature, and would be helpful for students, academics and practitioners.
The book clearly illustrates the complexity and various ethical negotiations facing those of us interested in alternative socio-economic practices.«
Gradon Diprose, International Journal of Community Currency Research, 18 (2014)

»Das Buch zeichnet sich durch eine für Sammelbände ungewöhnliche Kohärenz aus. Es ergänzt Standardwerke aus dem angelsächsischen und französischsprachigen Raum [...] durch seine differenzierten konzeptionellen Perspektiven und sektoralen Beispiele. Es eignet sich daher als hervorragende Einstiegslektüre in ein Themenfeld, das in der Geographie in den nächsten Jahren weiter an Dynamik gewinnen dürfte.«
Christian Schulz, Geographische Zeitschrift, 103/2 (2015)

»Insgesamt machen die Beiträge [...] zwei strukturelle Merkmale der Debatte über real mögliche Nachhaltigkeit deutlich: Annäherungen bedürfen in diesem Feld immer einer pluridisziplinären Perspektive - von der Geografie über die Politik bis zu den Ingenieurwissenschaften - und benötigen eine grundlegende Debatte darüber, was das gute Leben im 21. Jahrhundert, noch dazu in einem globalen Maßstab, eigentlich sein soll.«
Matthias Lemke, Portal für Politikwissenschaft, 24.04.2014

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
CONTENT Open Access Download PDF	5
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Open Access Download PDF	7
ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIES AND SPACES: INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Sebastian Hillebrand and Hans-Martin Zademach Open Access Download PDF	9
INTERROGATING ALTERNATIVE LOCAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMIES: THE BRITISH CREDIT UNION MOVEMENT AND POST-BINARY THINKING Andrew E.G. Jonas Open Access Download PDF	23
THE ALTERNATIVE ECONOMY AT THE REGIONAL SCALE? LESSONS FROM THE CHIEMGAU Peter North and Katinka Weber Open Access Download PDF	43
THE POSSIBILITIES OF ECONOMIC DIFFERENCE? SOCIAL RELATIONS OF VALUE, SPACE AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHIES Roger Lee Open Access Download PDF	69
PLACING THE PRACTICES OF ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHIES: ALTERNATIVE RETAIL, THE SPACES OF INTENTION AND ETHICAL AMBIGUITIES Michael K. Goodman and Raymond Bryant Open Access Download PDF	85
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE, SOCIAL INNOVATION AND ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIES: INSIGHTS FROM FAIR TRADE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY Benjamin Huybrechts Open Access Download PDF	113
REFERENCES Open Access Download PDF	131
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS Open Access Download PDF	155

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Edition: 1. Aufl.
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 156
Keywords: Alternative Economies; Alternative Economic Spaces; Transition; Space; Economy; Globalization; Social Geography; Cultural Geography; Sustainability; Geography

eBook

Published: April 27, 2014
ISBN: 9783839424988