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Strategies for Sustainability: Institutional and Organisational Challenges

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  • Paul Burger

    (Department of Social Sciences, Sustainability Research Group, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, Basel 4056, Switzerland)

  • Jan T. Frecè

    (Department of Social Sciences, Sustainability Research Group, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, Basel 4056, Switzerland
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Yvonne M. Scherrer

    (Institute of Management, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Bahnhofstrasse 6, Windisch 5210, Switzerland
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Claus-Heinrich Daub

    (Institute of Management, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Bahnhofstrasse 6, Windisch 5210, Switzerland
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Abstract

Sustainable Development (SD) is a global role model that claims to function as a general orientation for shaping societal processes, i.e. , local, regional, national and international development. This is in line with the Brundtland and justice-oriented understanding of the term. It is understood as a role model and sometimes also interpreted as a regulative ideal. However, it does not state how exactly “sustainable” societies will or should look. It does not give us a step-by-step pattern to follow, but something like a frame of what ought to be done in order to transform today’s societies, including their economies. [...]

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  • Paul Burger & Jan T. Frecè & Yvonne M. Scherrer & Claus-Heinrich Daub, 2014. "Strategies for Sustainability: Institutional and Organisational Challenges," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 6(11), pages 1-6, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:6:y:2014:i:11:p:8342-8347:d:42622
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