Title: Why do we need green economics when we have ecological economics? A proposal for 'pulling people together' at the crossroad of environmental and social sustainability

Authors: Ali Douai

Addresses: GREThA – University of Bordeaux, Avenue Leon Duguit, Pessac, 33608 France

Abstract: This paper argues that the epistemological and intellectual space of green economics is or should be located where ecological economics, even in its socio-economic perspective, still fails to provide a coherent conceptual framework such that environmental problems could be analysed in a holistic and inclusive way. Based on explanations of this failure, this paper provides a brief but structured research proposal which is based on the potential convergence between various heterodox |schools| and which espouses explicitly Green Economics| aims.

Keywords: green economics; ecological economics; socioeconomics; sustainable development; political economy; institutional economics; post-Keynesian economics; social sustainability; environmental sustainability.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGE.2010.032600

International Journal of Green Economics, 2010 Vol.4 No.1, pp.43 - 62

Published online: 08 Apr 2010 *

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