Is development sustainable? When addressing the sustainability issue, decision-makers are faced with two challenges: taking into account conflicting issues, such as economic development and environmental preservation, while also ensuring intergenerational equity. Tackling these challenges...

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Democracy as a lead concept in dealing with sustainable development / Peter Söderbaum -- Fundamentals of sustainability economics and positional analysis / Peter Söderbaum -- Mainstream economics and alternative perspectives in a political power game / Peter...

Introduction: why this book? -- Foreword / Joachim von Braun, Chair of the German Government's Bioeconomy Council -- Background and overview of the book / E Jane Morris, University of Leeds, UK, Ivar Virgin, Stockholm Environment Institute -- Benefits and challenges of a new knowledge based...

Natural resources have been a recurring subject of public interest, from the environmental awakening in and the oil crises of the later 20th century, to wide swings in oil prices and increased concern about climate change in the first decades of the 21st century. Standard macroeconomics books...

1. Green jobs -- 2. Green economy -- 3. Green growth -- 4. Sustainable development -- 5. Green policies -- 6. Green jobs : stepping stones or stumbling block for sustainable development? -- 7. Conclusions.