Sustainable Economic Futures: Nature, Equity and Community
15 credits
Reading list, Bachelor's level, 1MV083
Main group 1
- Laurent, Éloi, The new environmental economics: sustainability and justice, Cambridge, UK, Polity Press, 2020Compulsory
- Rathi, Akshat, Climate Capitalism, Hachette UK Distribution, 2023Compulsory
- Raworth, Kate, Doughnut economics - seven ways to think like a 21st-century economist, Random House, 2017Compulsory
- Buller, Adrienne, The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2022Compulsory
- Digital Compendium Online SEF, CEMUS, 2020, www.cemus.uu.se/sefCompulsory (Online reader with 3–4 texts, videos, audio files or other material per week - in Studium.)
Optional books
- Smil, Vaclav, Growth: from microorganisms to megacities, Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIT Press, 2019
- Smil, Vaclav, Grand transitions: how the modern world was made, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Fraser, Nancy, Cannibal capitalism: how our system is devouring democracy, care, and the planet - and what we can do about it, London, Verso, 2023
- Kothari, Ashish et al., Pluriverse: a post-development dictionary, New Delhi, India, Tulika Books and Authorsupfront, 2019
- Schmelzer, Matthias; Vetter, Andrea; Vansintjan, Aaron, The future is degrowth: a guide to a world beyond capitalism, London, Verso, 2022
- Spash, Foundations of Social Ecological Economics: The Fight for Revolutionary Change in Economic Thought., Manchester University Press, 2024
- Meadows, Donella H., Thinking in systems: a primer, London, Eartscan, 2009
- Stroh, David Peter, Systems thinking for social change: a practical guide to solving complex problems, avoiding unintended consequences, and achieving lasting results, White River Junction, Vermont, Chelsea Green Publishing Co, [2015]
- Lye, Public Housing In Singapore: A Success Story In Sustainable Development, Rochester, NY, 2020, https:/
/ doi.org/ 10.2139/ ssrn.3595956
* Compulsory