 Sustainability, Institutions and BehaviorArild Vatn ()
Chapter 14 in Institutions and Sustainability, 2009, pp 293-314 from Springer Abstract: Abstract This paper is about how to facilitate sustainability, arguing that it is important to undertake changes in the institutional structures governing economic activity. The basic question concerns which logic or rationality is fostered by prevailing institutions and which changes in these should be facilitated. Two integrated arguments are put forward: Sustainability demands a shift from separating to integrating institutions and away from institutions exclusively fostering individual rationality towards those supporting cooperative rationality. The necessity for such a move is argued on the basis of the characteristics of the problems humanity are facing. Concerning the possibilities for making the proposed institutional changes, a wide variety of literatures from different fields looking at human motivation and the relationship between motivation and institutions is evaluated. The paper also sketches some alternative ways through which an increased emphasis on integration and cooperative rationality could be facilitated. Keywords: Integrative institutions; Individual rationality; Separating institutions; Social rationality; Rationality contexts; Resource regimes (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4020-9690-7_14 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9690-7_14 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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