Higher Education in a Sustainable Society: A Case for Mutual Competence Building (2015) (CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance)

By: Hans Chr. Garmann Johnsen and Stina Torjesen and Richard Ennals

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Synopsis: This book addresses the following question: What is a sustainable society, and how can higher education help us to develop toward it? The core argument put forward is that the concept of sustainability reaches much farther than just the direct aspects of environmental threats and carbon emissions. Using higher education as a point of departure, the book shows that sustainability involves a broad range of disciplines, from nursing and nutrition to technology and management. It argues that a sustainable society entails a distinct perspective on society that influences our social thinking in terms of ethics, democracy and knowledge development. The book also discusses if (and if so, how) higher education can and should contribute to such a development based on the principles of the freedom of science in a liberal, democratic society. The book presents Mutual Competence Building as a concept higher education can adapt in order to contribute to a sustainable Society.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783319159195
Related ISBNs:: 9783319159188
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 09/06/19
Copyrighted By:: Springer International Publishing, Cham
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Business and Finance, Education, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Hans Chr. Johnsen
Edited by:: Stina Torjesen
Edited by:: Richard Ennals