The Resilience Imperative
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The Resilience Imperative

Cooperative Transitions to a Steady-state Economy

Michael Lewis, Patrick Conaty

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The Resilience Imperative

Cooperative Transitions to a Steady-state Economy

Michael Lewis, Patrick Conaty

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  • Michael Lewis is the Executive Director of Canadian Centre for Community Renewal and was key founding member of the Canadian Community Economic Development Network.
  • Patrick Conaty is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, Research Associate at the University of Salford and Director of Common Futures.
  • The central premise of this 300+ page book is that the implications of the cross-cutting trends of peak oil and climate change will compel us, no matter where we live, to innovate ways of reweaving our economic life on a much more local and regional basis
  • Author has spoken widely across Canada and Europe on the topic of community economic development, community organizing and the social economy
  • Intended audience includes: activists, policy developers, students, and researchers, network leaders, municipal planners
  • No other book looks at the range of pioneering innovations and proven strategies for a low-carbon, steady-state economy to help communities strategically navigate transition and strength resilience.
    Includes case studies
  • Arguing for a major SEE Change (Social, Ecological, Economic) it sets out the contextual, historical and theoretical cornerstones for SEEing the world differently, replacing the economic growth paradigm with the resilience imperative that enables us to move towards a decentralized, cooperative, steady-state economy

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