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Coevolutionary Economics: The Economy, Society and the Environment

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  • © 1994

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Authors:
  1. John M. Gowdy

    1. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

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Part of the book series: Natural Resource Management and Policy (NRMP, volume 5)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Economy, Economics and the Environment

    • John M. Gowdy
    Pages 1-25

  3. The Bioethics of Hunting and Gathering Societies

    • John M. Gowdy
    Pages 27-49

  4. Equality and Environmental Sustainability in Agricultural Societies

    • John M. Gowdy
    Pages 51-76

  5. Markets, Property Rights, and Biodiversity

    • John M. Gowdy
    Pages 77-102

  6. Evolutionary Theory and Economic Theory

    • John M. Gowdy
    Pages 103-129

  7. Selection and Coevolution in Industrial Economies

    • John M. Gowdy
    Pages 131-154

  8. Economic Growth Versus the Environment

    • John M. Gowdy
    Pages 155-175

  9. Progress, Economy and Environment: Toward a Declining State

    • John M. Gowdy
    Pages 177-201

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 203-246
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The subject of this volume is the human economy and its coevolutionary relationship with the natural world. This relationship is examined in three broad types of societies; hunter--gatherers, agriculturalists, and modern market economies. A growing body of scientific evidence has made it clear that the current human impact on the environment is far above the level that can be maintained without causing profound changes in the biophysical world to which we belong. The new fields of ecological economics and evolutionary economics can help us understand the relationship between the economy, society and the environment and may help us to formulate effective policies to manage these changes.

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  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

    John M. Gowdy

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