{"product_id":"the-circular-economy-in-europe-9781032085357","title":"The Circular Economy in Europe","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Circular Economy in Europe\u003c\/em\u003e presents an overview and a critical discussion on how circularity is conceived, imagined, and enacted in current EU policy-making. In 2013, the idea of a circular economy entered the stage of European policy-making in the efforts to reconcile environmental and economic policy objectives. In 2019 the European Commission declared in a press release that the Circular Economy Action Plan has been delivered. The level of circularity in the European economy, however, has remained the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together perspectives from social sciences, environmental economics and policy analysis, \u003cem\u003eThe Circular Economy in Europe\u003c\/em\u003e provides a critical analysis of policies and promises of the next panacea for growth and sustainability. The authors provide a theoretical and empirical basis to discuss how contemporary societies conceive their need to re-organise production and consumption and explores the messy assemblage of institutions, acto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of illustrations \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of contributors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgements \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreface\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART I: Circular economy as a policy concept \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: the sixteenth century map \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Limits to growth: historical antecedents of the circular economy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Enter Ellen: the circular economy hits the European scene \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 The circular economy: A concept in the making \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART II: Critical perspectives \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Postulating circularity: biophysical flows and the problem of entropy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Imagining circularity: the circular economy as a sociotechnical imaginary \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Measuring circularity: indicator development in the circular economy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Governing circularity: how to govern in the nexus \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART III: The future of change \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Narratives of stop and go \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 What kind of science is needed in a changing world?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 From the sixteenth to the twenty-first century \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndex \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018831102295,"sku":"9781032085357","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032085357.jpg?v=1750778313","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-circular-economy-in-europe-9781032085357","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}