Sustainability transformations : agents and drivers across societies /

Björn-Ola Linnér, Victoria Wibeck.
Bok · Engelsk · 2019 · Electronic books.

Medvirkende	Wibeck, Victoria, (author.)
Omfang	1 online resource (xvii, 230 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
Utgave	1st ed.
Opplysninger	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Oct 2019).. - Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I Making Sense of Transformations -- 1 How Do We Change the World? -- 1.1 The Call for Transformation -- 1.2 Transitions and Transformations -- 1.3 Exploring Transformations -- 1.4 Research on and for Sustainability Transformations -- 2 Sense-Making Analysis -- 2.1 A Dialogical Approach to Sense-Making -- 2.2 Sense-Making in Action: Narrative, Framing, Categorisation, and Metaphor -- 2.2.1 Narratives -- 2.2.2 Frames and Framing -- 2.2.3 Categorisation: Analogies and Distinctions -- 2.2.4 Metaphors -- 2.3 Sites for Sense-Making on Societal Transformations -- 2.4 Empirical Foundations of the Study -- 2.4.1 Peer-Reviewed Research Literature -- 2.4.2 Policy Documents -- 2.4.3 International Media -- 2.4.4 Lay Sense-Making -- 2.5 Variations and Commonalities in Sense-Making on Sustainability Transformations -- 2.6 Rationale for the Selection of Empirical Data and Case Studies -- 3 How Societies Change: Theories of Transformation -- 3.1 Historical Transformations -- 3.1.1 Collapse or Amalgamation -- 3.1.2 Scale -- 3.1.3 Drivers of Change -- 3.1.4 Scope: Mega and Particular Transformations -- 3.1.5 Periodisations -- 3.2 The Industrial Revolution -- 3.3 Modernity -- 3.4 The Self-Regulating Market -- 3.5 A Fourth Industrial Revolution or Second Modernity? -- 3.6 Automobilisation -- 3.7 Abolition of Slavery -- 3.7.1 The Unending Struggle for Emancipation -- 3.7.2 The Abolition of Slavery as Analogous to Societal Transformations towards Sustainability -- 3.8 Implications for Sustainability Transformations -- Part II Varieties of Transformations to Sustainability -- 4 Global Arenas of Transformations -- 4.1 Societal Transformations in the Research Literature.. - 4.2 Societal Transformations in International News Media -- 4.2.1 Transformation Scale, Scope, and Approaches -- 4.2.2 Transformation Goals -- 4.2.3 Actors and Drivers of Change -- 4.3 Transformation Aspirations in Global Sustainability Governance -- 4.3.1 The Transformative 2030 Agenda -- 4.3.2 The Paris Agreement -- 4.3.3 Transformation Scale, Scope, and Approaches -- 4.3.4 Transformation Goals -- 4.3.5 Agents and Drivers of Change -- 4.4 Implications for Sustainability Transformations -- 5 Localising Transformations -- 5.1 Cabo Verde: The Bridge Builder -- 5.1.1 Cabo Verde Focus Groups -- 5.1.2 Varieties of Transformation in Cabo Verde -- 5.2 Guangzhou, Pearl River Delta, China: A Chinese Model -- 5.2.1 Guangzhou Focus Groups -- 5.2.2 Varieties of Transformation in Guangzhou, China -- 5.3 Fiji: Leadership of the Vulnerable -- 5.3.1 Fiji Focus Groups -- 5.3.2 Varieties of Transformation in Fiji -- 5.4 Sweden: Towards a Fossil Free Welfare State -- 5.4.1 Swedish Focus Groups -- 5.4.2 Varieties of Transformation in Sweden -- 5.5 Boulder, Colorado, USA: A US Frontrunner -- 5.5.1 Boulder Focus Groups -- 5.5.2 Varieties of Transformation in Boulder, Colorado, USA -- 5.6 Implications for Sustainability Transformations -- 6 Transformation Narratives -- 6.1 Transformation as a Journey -- 6.2 Transformation as a Building Process -- 6.3 Transformation as a War -- 6.4 Transformation as Co-creation -- 6.5 Transformation as Recuperation -- 6.6 Implications for Sustainability Transformations -- Part III Manoeuvring in a Multi-transformational World -- 7 Governing Transformations -- 7.1 Guiding Change -- 7.2 What Transformation Is Being Governed? -- 7.2.1 Understanding the Target System -- 7.2.2 Understanding the Depth of Transformation -- 7.2.3 Intended Outcomes of Transformation -- 7.3 What Factors Enable and Restrict Transformation?.. - 7.3.1 Critical Conditions -- 7.3.2 Just Transformations -- 7.3.3 Incremental Change vs Disruptive Innovation -- 7.3.4 Niche Development vs Integrated Approaches -- 7.3.5 Mechanisms of Governance -- 7.3.6 The Power of Narratives -- 7.3.7 Changing the Way We Change -- 7.4 What Roles Do Different Actors Play? -- 7.4.1 Key Actors in Transformations -- 7.4.2 Narratives of Transformation Pathways -- 7.4.3 Interventions: Co-creation, Transformative Capacity, and Social Innovations -- 7.4.4 Agency and Social Structure -- 7.5 Implications for Sustainability Transformations -- 8 Our Transforming World -- 8.1 The Governability of Transformations -- 8.2 The System Boundaries of Transformations -- 8.3 The Pace of Transformations -- 8.4 Drivers of Change -- 8.4.1 Technology -- 8.4.2 Political Economy -- 8.4.3 Transformative Learning -- 8.4.4 Narratives -- 8.4.5 Perspective Change -- 8.5 Dialogues -- 8.6 Transformation as Utopian Thought -- 8.7 Never-Ending Stories of Transformation -- References -- Index.. - Societal transformations are needed across the globe in light of pressing environmental issues. This need to transform is increasingly acknowledged in policy, planning, academic debate, and media, whether it is to achieve decarbonization, resilience, national development plans, or sustainability objectives. This volume provides the first comprehensive comparison of how sustainability transformations are understood across societies. It contains historical analogies and concrete examples from around the world to show how societal transformations could achieve the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through governance, innovations, lifestyle changes, education and new narratives. It examines how societal actors in different geographical, political and cultural contexts understand the agents and drivers of societal change towards sustainability, using data from the academic literature, international news media, lay people's focus groups across five continents, and international politics. This is a valuable resource for academics and policymakers working in environmental governance and sustainability.
Emner	Social change. Social ecology. Sustainable development.
Sjanger	Electronic books.
Dewey	304.2
ISBN	1-108-76697-8