New Economies for Sustainability: Limits and Potentials for Possible Futures

Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Contributors
Chapter 1: Introduction: New Economies for Sustainability: Limits and Potentials for Possible Futures
1.1 About Alternative Economies and Organization: Economics, Economies and Political Economy
1.2 Relation Between Political Economy, Organizational and Business Level
1.3 Sustainability and Sustainable Futures
1.3.1 Sustainability Transitions and Transformation
1.4 Structure of the Book
1.4.1 Chapter 2: The Role of Making and Taking in Sustainability Transitions
1.4.1.1 Inge Røpke
1.4.2 Chapter 3: Why Does UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Frequently End up in Greenwashing – Enlightened by Black Box Theory
1.4.2.1 Ove Jakobsen
1.4.3 Chapter 4: How Can Stories from Practice Contribute to a Holistic and Dynamic Definition of the Concept of Quality?
1.4.3.1 Vivi Storsletten
1.4.4 Chapter 5: The Social and Solidarity Economy: Roots and Horizons
1.4.4.1 Linda Lundgaard Andersen, Lars Hulgård and Jean-Louis Laville
1.4.5 Chapter 6: Growth, resources and the Circular Economy
1.4.5.1 Thomas Budde Christensen, Tobias Pape Thomsen and Rikke Lybæk
1.4.6 Chapter 7: Alternative Economic Organizing A as ‘Change from within’: Evolution or Inertia?
1.4.6.1 Sine Just
1.4.7 Chapter 8: Feminist Economics & Currency Innovation: A Sustainable Partnership?
1.4.7.1 Kai Roland Green
1.4.8 Chapter 9: CSR and the Sharing Economy: A Pathway to Data-Driven Platform CSR
1.4.8.1 Mario Schultz and Peter Seele
1.4.9 Chapter 10: A Liberal-Egalitarian Legitimacy Principle for the Firm
1.4.9.1 Pedro Francés-Gómez
1.4.10 Chapter 11: Managing for the Common Good: Rethinking the Business Corporation beyond Profit-Maximization
1.4.10.1 Jacob Dahl Rendtorff
1.4.11 Chapter 12: Corporate Public Diplomacy as a Way to Develop Corporate Solutions that Are Socially Sustainable
1.4.11.1 Kirsten Mogensen
1.4.12 Chapter 13: Ethical and Sustainable Business Organization: New Ways of Thinking and Acting
1.4.12.1 Unang Mulkhan
1.4.13 Chapter 14: A Critical theory of Economy? Sustainability and Emancipation
1.4.13.1 Luise Li Langergaard
1.4.14 Chapter 15: Conclusion
1.4.14.1 Jacob Dahl Rendtorff and Luise Li Langergaard
References
Chapter 2: The Role of Making and Taking in Sustainability Transitions
2.1 Ecological Economics
2.2 Sustainability
2.3 Social Provisioning
2.4 Problematic Appropriation
2.5 Making and Taking Without a Concept of Value
2.6 Concluding Remarks
References
Chapter 3: Why Does UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Frequently End Up in Greenwashing – Enlightened by Black Box Theory
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Input (Stimuli) - UN’s SDG’s
3.3 Output (Responses) - Green economy and Ecological Economics
3.4 Black Box Theory
3.5 Content of the Black Box - Neo-Liberal Economy
3.6 Content of the Black Box – Communitarian Anarchism
3.7 Concluding Reflections
Literature
Chapter 4: How can Stories from Practice Contribute to a Holistic and Dynamic Definition of the Concept of Quality?
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Quality in Ecological Economics
4.3 Quality in Norwegian Kindergartens
4.4 Narrative Research Methodology
4.4.1 Case Studies
4.4.2 Principles of Narrative Analysis
4.5 Reflections on Key Topics
4.5.1 Quality as Rich Descriptions
4.6 Implications for Ecological Economics
4.7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: The Social and Solidarity Economy: Roots and Horizons
5.1 Introduction
5.2 From Emergence to Institutionalization of Social Enterprise
5.3 The Social and Solidarity Economy
5.4 Another Narrative, a Long and Subterean History
5.5 Epistemology and Methodology: Some Implications for Plural Economies
References
Chapter 6: Growth, Resources and the Circular Economy
6.1 Growth Economy and Resource Depletion
6.2 The Concept of Circular Economy
6.2.1 Circular Economy for a Sustainable Development
6.3 The Case of Phosphorous
6.3.1 Economy and Circular Phosphorous Management
6.3.2 Policy Responses Aimed at Closing Phosphorous Loops
6.3.3 Many Important Materials to Preserve
6.4 Conclusion and Recommendations
References
Chapter 7: Alternative Economic Organizing as ‘Change from Within’: Evolution or Inertia?
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Alternative Economic Organizing
7.2.1 Critical Management Studies
7.2.2 Diverse Economies
7.2.3 Alternative Organization
7.2.4 A Provisional Definition
7.3 The Performativity of Economics
7.3.1 Socio-technical Assemblages
7.3.2 Distributed and Decentered Agency
7.3.3 Socio-political Embedment
7.3.4 Performation Struggles
7.3.5 From Identifying Orders to Promoting Alternatives
7.4 Evolution or Inertia?
7.5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 8: Feminist Economics & Currency Innovation: A Sustainable Partnership?
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Background: Re-designing Money
8.2.1 Alternative Currencies and Epistemology
8.2.2 Ethics, Privacy and Monetization
8.2.3 Feminist Institutionalism
8.3 Economic Privacy: A Feminist Institutionalist Analysis
8.3.1 Economic Identification
8.3.2 Economic Valuation
8.3.3 Economic Retention
8.4 Conclusion: Towards an Ethic of Feminist Currencies
References
Chapter 9: Ethics and Sharing Economy Platforms: A Pathway to Data-Driven and Peer-to-Peer Platform CSR
9.1 Introduction
9.2 The Sharing Economy
9.2.1 Sharing Economy Platforms
9.2.2 SEPs and Institutional Strategies
9.3 Political CSR in the Sharing Economy Era
9.3.1 Toward Platform CSR
9.3.2 The Political Role of Corporations in Platform CSR
9.4 Conclusion and Outlook
References
Chapter 10: A Liberal-Egalitarian Legitimacy Principle for the Firm
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Assumptions
10.3 An Argument and a Principle for Corporate Legitimacy
10.4 Interpretation
10.4.1 Clarification: Legitimate Stakeholders and the Original Position
10.4.2 The Workings of the Original Position: The Game of Morals
10.5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 11: Managing for the Common Good: Rethinking the Business Corporation Beyond Profit-Maximization
11.1 Introduction
11.2 The Common Good in the Economy
11.3 Should We Base Business Ethics on the Individual or the Market?
11.4 What Are the Limits of the Contract Theory Business Model?
11.5 Can Contract and Stakeholder Theories Be Reconciled?
11.6 The Common Good and Community Economy in the Contract and Stakeholder Theories
11.7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 12: Corporate Public Diplomacy as a Way to Develop Corporate Solutions That Are Socially Sustainable
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Bargaining and Justification
12.3 Corporate Diplomacy
12.4 Sustainable Human Lives
12.5 The Sustainability Spectrum
12.6 Sustainable Investments
12.7 Power Struggle and Diplomacy Between Domains
12.8 Covid-19 and the Corporate Legitimate Diamond
12.9 Conclusion
References
Chapter 13: Ethical and Sustainable Business Organization: New Ways of Thinking and Acting
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Culture and Organization
13.3 Ethics and Sustainability: Three Fundamental Organizational Aspects
13.3.1 Structure
13.3.2 Processes
13.3.3 Policies
13.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 14: A Critical Theory of Economy? Sustainability and Emancipation
14.1 Introduction
14.1.1 Structure of the Chapter
14.2 Capitalism and Economy in Critical Theory
14.3 A Conversation on Capitalism – A Basis for a Critical Analysis of Economy and Sustainability?
14.3.1 From Human to Non-human Nature: Capitalism’s Ecological Contradiction
14.3.2 Social Reproduction Versus Commodity Production
14.3.3 Economy and Polity
14.3.4 Capitalist Economy and Boundary Struggles
14.4 Discussion: A Critical Theory of Economy? Sustainability and Emancipation
14.4.1 A Critical Theory of Economy?
14.5 Concluding Remarks: Next Step
References
Chapter 15: Conclusion: Perspectives for Future Research on Economies for Sustainability: Limits and Potentials for Possible Futures
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Reflections Emerging for Future Economies of Sustainability
15.3 Themes for Further Research on Economic Transitions and Sustainability
References
Index