The resilience imperative : cooperative transitions to a steady-state economy / Michael Lewis and Pat Conaty.

By:

Lewis, Mike, 1952-

Contributor(s):

Conaty, Pat

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Gabriola, BC : New Society Publishers, c2012.Description: x, 389 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780865717077
0865717079

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

338.9 LEW

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Thurles Library Main Collection	338.9 LEW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100662288

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"[The authors] argue that with more integration and cooperation between businesses, governments and communities, a more sustainable economy is possible." --The Environmental Magazine

We find ourselves between a rock and a hot place--compelled by the intertwined forces of peak oil and climate change to reinvent our economic life at a much more local and regional scale. The Resilience Imperative argues for a major SEE (social, ecological, economic) change as a prerequisite for replacing the paradigm of limitless economic growth with a more decentralized, cooperative, steady-state economy.

The authors present a comprehensive series of strategic questions within the broad areas of:

Energy sufficiency Local food systems Interest-free financing Affordable housing and land reform Sustainable community development

Each section is complemented by case studies of pioneering community initiatives rounded out by a discussion of transition factors and resilience reflections.

With a focus on securing and sustaining change, this provocative book challenges deeply embedded cultural assumptions. Profoundly hopeful and inspiring, The Resilience Imperative affirms the possibilities of positive change as it is shaped by individuals, communities, and institutions learning to live within our ecological limits.

"Resilience is the watchword for our dawning era of economic and environmental instability . . . The Resilience Imperative is exactly what's needed to get us moving in the right direction." --Richard Heinberg, author of Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival

"Exceptionally valuable--in vision, in strategic understanding, in concrete ways to build forward. A handbook for a morally meaningful and sustainable future!" --Gar Alperovitz, author of America Beyond Capitalism

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Acknowledgments (p. ix)
Chapter 1 Resilience: The 21 st -Century Imperative (p. 1)
Navigating the SEE Change: The Pedagogy of Transition (p. 2)
Unprecedented Volatility: A Sign of the Times (p. 3)
Progress and Growth: Navigating through the Rearview Mirror (p. 14)
Another Way? Five Exit Ramps (p. 18)
Navigating the Transition to a Steady-State Economy (p. 35)
Chapter 2 Wealth versus Commonwealth (p. .39)
The Demise of Moral Economy: The Great Transformation (p. 40)
Evolution of the Big "M" Market I: The Struggle for Land Reform (p. 44)
Evolution of the Big "M" Market II: The Ascendency of the Corporation (p. 49)
Evolution of the Big "Mö Market III: Banking Masters and Debtor Slaves (p. 54)
The Economics of Sufficiency: Living within the Planetary Commons (p. 66)
The 21 st Century: A Chapter the Living Must Write (p. 69)
Chapter 3 A Path beyond Debt: Interest-Free Lending at Work (p. 71)
Interest-Free Lending at Work: The JAK Cooperative Bank (p. -.74)
Impacts on the Household Economy: The Hartwick Family (p. 80)
Transition Factors (p. 82)
Resilience Reflections (p. 83)
Chapter 4 Uniting the "I" and the "We": Affordable Housing in Perpetuity (p. 85)
The Community Land Trust Model in the United States (p. 87)
Community Land Trusts in Britain: Rekindling Land Reform in the 21 st Century (p. 97)
The Mutual Homeownership Model: Scaling up Urban Affordability (p. 101)
The Household Economy: Land Trust Impacts on Transition (p. 107)
Transition Factors (p. 107)
Resilience Reflections (p. 109)
Chapter 5 Seeking Strategic Pathways to Energy Sufficiency (p. 111)
YES to Conserving Energy: Yorkshire Energy Services at Work (p. 114)
Fossil-Fuel-Free Kristianstad (p. 118)
The Impact on the Household and Community Economy (p. 124)
Transition Factors (p. 125)
Resilience Reflections (p. 125)
Chapter 6 Seeking Pathways to Sustainable Food (p. 127)
Cheap Food and Its Price (p. 128)
Seikatsu: "Living People" Transforming their Relationship to Food and Each Other (p. 134)
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) (p. 141)
Who Will Grow Our Food? The Problem of Succession (p. 142)
Solidarity and Succession: Securing Local Food (p. 145)
Restoring Salmon: Restoring the Commons in Alaska (p. 148)
Impacts on the Household Economy: The Hartwick Family (p. 155)
Chapter 7 Reweaving Our Economies Close to Home (p. 157)
The Core Economic and Social Functions (p. 160)
RESO: Transforming Montreal's Poorest Neighborhoods (p. 168)
Coastal Enterprises Inc. - Community Development Finance in Rural Maine (p. 175)
Transition Factors (p. 180)
Resilience Reflections (p. 183)
Chapter 8 Convivial Banking Innovations: Seeds for Transition (p. 185)
Linking Money and Debt Advice to Finance: Community Banking Partnerships (p. 187)
US Credit Union Innovations: Federating Solutions (p. 192)
Beyond Microcredit: Integrated Approaches that Work (p. 194)
Equity Angels Grounded in Community (p. 197)
Cooperative Capital in the UK - Withdrawable and Transferable Shares (p. 198)
Relationship Banking from a Distance (p. 201)
Low-Interest, High-Impact Lending for Vulnerable Homeowners (p. 203)
Revolving Loan Funds for Affordable Housing: Risk Pooling (p. 205)
Social and Ecological Banks: Investing in the Unconventional (p. 206)
Transition Factors (p. 208)
Resilience Reflections (p. 211)
Chapter 9 Federating the Change Agents: Securing the Gains (p. 213)
Reinventing the Guilds: A Way Forward? (p. 216)
Constructing the Social Solidarity Economy in Quebec (p. 221)
Transition Factors (p. 227)
Resilience Reflections (p. 229)
La Via Campesina: Building a Global Movement for Food Sovereignty (p. 230)
Transition Factors (p. 238)
Resilience Reflections (p. 239)
Federating to Advance Fair-Trade Finance: A Transition Challenge; (p. 240)
Chapter 10 Economic Democracy and Cooperative Capital (p. 245)
Outwitting Enclosure: The Mondragon Formula to Equity (p. 246)
Democratizing Social Care in Italy (p. 251)
Cooperative Energy Services: Mobilizing Green Economic Actors (p. 257)
Transition Factors (p. 260)
Resilience Reflections (p. 262)
Chapter 11 Ownership Transfer: Accelerating Transition (p. 265)
Structural Dysfunction of the Global Investment Industry (p. 266)
Trusteeship: A Way out of the Enclosure (p. 275)
Evolution of the Trusteeship Model: Toward a Framework for Ownership Transfer (p. 283)
Transforming Property Rights: A Solution in Search of a Home (p. 289)
Establishing a Cooperative Land Bank (p. 293)
Implications for Reweaving Local Economies and Navigating Transition (p. 296)
Transition Factors (p. 298)
Resilience Reflections (p. 298)
Chapter 12 From Cultural Captivity to Focused Intention (p. 301)
Beyond Eden: Our Disconnect from Nature (p. 303)
Transition: An Inner and Outer Journey (p. 305)
Breaking the Armor of our Cultural Captivity (p. 310)
The "Price" of Transition: Are We Willing to Pay Our Way? (p. 314)
Weaving the Strands into a Resilient Fabric: Possible? (p. 320)
Rescuing Main Street from Wall Street (p. 321)
The Crucible of Home: Revisiting Household Economics (p. 325)
Epilogue: The Great Transition (p. 331)
Notes (p. 342)
Bibliography (p. 364)
Index (p. 374)
About the Authors (p. 389)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Robin Murray, Senior Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics and author of Co-operation in the Age of Google
Michael Lewis is the Executive Director of the Canadian Center for Community Renewal.
Pat Conaty is a Fellow of the new economics foundation and a research associate of Co-operatives UK.