Principles for sustainability

Nicolas Buclet () and David Lazarevic ()
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Nicolas Buclet: PACTE - Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales - UPMF - Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 - UJF - Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 - IEPG - Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
David Lazarevic: KTH - Division of Industrial Ecology - KTH - KTH Royal Institute of Technology [Stockholm]

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Abstract: This paper argues that the present dominant economic system rests upon unquestioned beliefs that are in a deep contradiction with the pursuit of sustainable development. The economics of conventions is used as an analytical framework through which to demonstrate the conflict between the dominant conventions underpinning societal development and the objectives of sustainable development. It suggests that a trajectory towards the objectives of sustainable development should be managed through a reflexion concerning the conventional principles required to be adopted in order to favour the emergence of a new conventional regime. The principles of proximity, the increase in individual and collective capabilities, and participative democracy are presented as possible principles that could be adopted in order to favour the emergence of a new conventional regime.

Keywords: Sustainable Development; sustainability; coordination; conventional regimes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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Published in Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2015, 17 (1), pp.83-100. ⟨10.1007/10668-014-9539-4⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/10668-014-9539-4

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