Author : Andrew J. Hoffman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108575137
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (85 download)
Book Synopsis Re-engaging with Sustainability in the Anthropocene Era by : Andrew J. Hoffman
Download or read book Re-engaging with Sustainability in the Anthropocene Era written by Andrew J. Hoffman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Re-engaging with Sustainability in the Anthropocene Era applies organization theory to a grand challenge: our entry into the Anthropocene era, a period marked not only by human impact on climate change, but on chemical waste, habitat destruction, and despeciation. It focuses on institutional theory, modified by political readings of organizations, as one approach that can help us navigate a new course. Besides offering mechanisms, such as institutional entrepreneurship, social movements, and policy shifts, the institutional-political variant developed here helps analysts understand the framing of scientific facts, the counter-mobilization of skeptics, and the creation of archetypes as new social orders.