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The relevance of epistemic analysis to sustainability economics and the capability approach

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  • Polesie, Thomas

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This paper considers how epistemic analyses (Birkin and Polesie, 2011; Foucault, 1970, 1990a, 1990b) may assist with the development of sustainability economics (Bartelmus, 2010; Baumgärtner and Quaas, 2010a, 2010b; and Söderbaum, 2011) and the capability approach (Ballet et al., 2011; Martins, 2011; Rauschmayer and Leßmann, 2011; Scerri, 2012).

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  • Birkin, Frank & Polesie, Thomas, 2013. "The relevance of epistemic analysis to sustainability economics and the capability approach," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 89(C), pages 144-152.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolec:v:89:y:2013:i:c:p:144-152
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.02.005
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