Series: Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development

Global environmental issues such as climate change and species loss are intensifying despite our best efforts to combat them. The key reason for this is that the drivers of these problems are closely linked to the industrialism and consumerism promoted by governments and other organisations worldwide. This innovative book identifies the key issues that block progress in sustainable development and...

This book makes the case for a critical turn in development thinking around universities and their contributions to making a more equal post-2015 world. It puts forward a normative approach based on human development and the capability approach, one which can gain a hearing from policy, scholarship, and practitioners dealing with practical issues of understanding policy, democratising research and knowledge,...