Why do we need green economics when we have ecological economics? A proposal for 'pulling people together' at the crossroad of environmental and social sustainability

Ali Douai ()

International Journal of Green Economics, 2010, vol. 4, issue 1, 43-62

Abstract: This paper argues that the epistemological and intellectual space of green economics is or should be located where ecological economics, even in its socio-economic perspective, still fails to provide a coherent conceptual framework such that environmental problems could be analysed in a holistic and inclusive way. Based on explanations of this failure, this paper provides a brief but structured research proposal which is based on the potential convergence between various heterodox 'schools' and which espouses explicitly Green Economics' aims.

Keywords: green economics; ecological economics; socioeconomics; sustainable development; political economy; institutional economics; post-Keynesian economics; social sustainability; environmental sustainability. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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