Book chapter
Coming back from the brink: Towards a critical, Post-autistic approach to economics for sustainability
Disciplining the Undisciplined? Perspectives from Business, Society and Politics on Responsible Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability, pp.135-153
Springer International Publishing
2018
Abstract
The much-maligned field of economics has long had an uneasy relationship with ethical and value-based concepts such as sustainability. This chapter shows how a shift towards teaching a heterodox, socially and ecologically literate economics that is also sensitive towards questions of power, equity and justice can help overcome the autism the dominant neoclassical school of economics is standing accused of. Such an approach may not only serve to make the field more attractive again to students but also to help restore its relevance within the sustainability context.
Details
- Title
- Coming back from the brink: Towards a critical, Post-autistic approach to economics for sustainability
- Authors/Creators
- M. Brueckner (Author/Creator)
- Contributors
- M. Brueckner (Editor)R. Spencer (Editor)M. Paull (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Disciplining the Undisciplined? Perspectives from Business, Society and Politics on Responsible Citizenship, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability, pp.135-153
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Identifiers
- 991005543477207891
- Copyright
- 2018 Springer International Publishing AG
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Business and Governance; Centre for Water, Energy and Waste; Indo-Pacific Research Centre; Murdoch Business School; Centre for Healthy Ageing
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
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