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Sufficiency thinking / Gayle C. Avery / Sydney: Allen & Unwin - 2016

Public ISBD No review available on this record. Title : Sufficiency thinking Original title : Thailand's gift to an unsustainable world Material Type: printed text Authors: Gayle C. Avery, Editor ; Harald Bergsteiner, Editor Publisher: Sydney: Allen & Unwin Publication Date: 2016 Pagination: xxxiv, 293 p. Layout: Tables, ill. Size: 24.4 cm. ISBN (or other code): 978-1-7602-9263-8 Price: - General note: Two hundred and fifty years after the beginning of the Industrial Revolution the majority is still basically discontented and unable to live fulfilled lives while we are threatening the very planet on which we live, thereby jeopardising our own existence. In this ridiculous situation we obviously need to revise dramatically our thinking about the outlines of a just economy and a decent society in which everyone can lead dignified lives. Sufficiency Thinking provides creative approaches to this quandary and this important volume is a brilliant addition to the growing literature critical of mainstream business-as-usual ideology.’ John Komlos, Professor Emeritus, University of Munich Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: [LCSH]Energy conservation -- Thailand [LCSH]Sustainable development -- Thailand [LCSH]Thailand -- Economic conditions [LCSH]Thailand -- Social conditions Keywords: Sustainable development, Energy conservation, Economic, Social conditions Class number: HC445 .Z9 Contents note: PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 1. Thailand: An unexpected role model - Gayle C. Avery and Harald Bergsteiner -- PART II: THE SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY PHILOSOPHY -- 2. Immoral capitalism: The need for a new approach - Nattapong Thongpakde, Prasopchoke Mongsawad and Harald Bergsteiner -- 3. The Sufficiency Economy Philosophy - Harald Bergsteiner, Pornkasem Kantamara and Priyanut Dharmapiya (Piboolsravut) -- PART III: AT THE LOCAL AND COMMUNITY LEVELS -- 4. The 'New Theory' for the agricultural sector - Pornkasem Kantamara -- 5. Community sufficiency in Nan province - Phallapa Petison, Werapong Prapha and Veerathai Santipraphob -- 6. The impact of sufficiency thinking on community development - Aree Wiboonpongse and Songsak Sriboonchitta -- 7. Sufficiency thinking in economic development and environmental management - Thanpuying Suthawan Sathirathai and Sirintornthep Towprayoon -- PART IV: AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL -- 8. Cultivating a sufficiency mindset in Thai schools - Priyanut Dharmapiya (Piboolsravut) and Molraudee Saratun -- 9. Sufficiency in Thai healthcare - Thep Himathongkam and Tanya Vannapruegs -- 10. Sufficiency thinking in a prisoner development program - Juthamas Kaewpijit and Suparak Suriyankietkaew -- PART V: SUFFICIENCY THINKING IN BUSINESS -- 11. The sufficiency economy in action at Nithi Foods - Sooksan Kantabutra and Warat Winit -- 12. Siam Cement Group as a sustainable enterprise - Parisa Rungruang and Vichita Vathanophas Ractham -- 13. From philosophy to business practice - Sooksan Kantabutra -- PART VI: ACTIONING THE FUTURE -- 14. Practices for enhancing resilience and performance - Gayle C. Avery and Harald Bergsteiner -- 15. The outlook for sufficiency thinking - Harald Bergsteiner -- About Thailand Curricular : BALA/BBA/GE/MBA/MTEIL/PhDM Record link: http://libsearch.siu.ac.th/siu/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=28348 Sufficiency thinking = Thailand's gift to an unsustainable world [printed text] / Gayle C. Avery, Editor ; Harald Bergsteiner, Editor . - Sydney : Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2016 . - xxxiv, 293 p. : Tables, ill. ; 24.4 cm. ISBN : 978-1-7602-9263-8 : - Two hundred and fifty years after the beginning of the Industrial Revolution the majority is still basically discontented and unable to live fulfilled lives while we are threatening the very planet on which we live, thereby jeopardising our own existence. In this ridiculous situation we obviously need to revise dramatically our thinking about the outlines of a just economy and a decent society in which everyone can lead dignified lives. Sufficiency Thinking provides creative approaches to this quandary and this important volume is a brilliant addition to the growing literature critical of mainstream business-as-usual ideology.’ John Komlos, Professor Emeritus, University of Munich Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: [LCSH]Energy conservation -- Thailand [LCSH]Sustainable development -- Thailand [LCSH]Thailand -- Economic conditions [LCSH]Thailand -- Social conditions Keywords: Sustainable development, Energy conservation, Economic, Social conditions Class number: HC445 .Z9 Contents note: PART I: INTRODUCTION -- 1. Thailand: An unexpected role model - Gayle C. Avery and Harald Bergsteiner -- PART II: THE SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY PHILOSOPHY -- 2. Immoral capitalism: The need for a new approach - Nattapong Thongpakde, Prasopchoke Mongsawad and Harald Bergsteiner -- 3. The Sufficiency Economy Philosophy - Harald Bergsteiner, Pornkasem Kantamara and Priyanut Dharmapiya (Piboolsravut) -- PART III: AT THE LOCAL AND COMMUNITY LEVELS -- 4. The 'New Theory' for the agricultural sector - Pornkasem Kantamara -- 5. Community sufficiency in Nan province - Phallapa Petison, Werapong Prapha and Veerathai Santipraphob -- 6. The impact of sufficiency thinking on community development - Aree Wiboonpongse and Songsak Sriboonchitta -- 7. Sufficiency thinking in economic development and environmental management - Thanpuying Suthawan Sathirathai and Sirintornthep Towprayoon -- PART IV: AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL -- 8. Cultivating a sufficiency mindset in Thai schools - Priyanut Dharmapiya (Piboolsravut) and Molraudee Saratun -- 9. Sufficiency in Thai healthcare - Thep Himathongkam and Tanya Vannapruegs -- 10. Sufficiency thinking in a prisoner development program - Juthamas Kaewpijit and Suparak Suriyankietkaew -- PART V: SUFFICIENCY THINKING IN BUSINESS -- 11. The sufficiency economy in action at Nithi Foods - Sooksan Kantabutra and Warat Winit -- 12. Siam Cement Group as a sustainable enterprise - Parisa Rungruang and Vichita Vathanophas Ractham -- 13. From philosophy to business practice - Sooksan Kantabutra -- PART VI: ACTIONING THE FUTURE -- 14. Practices for enhancing resilience and performance - Gayle C. Avery and Harald Bergsteiner -- 15. The outlook for sufficiency thinking - Harald Bergsteiner -- About Thailand Curricular : BALA/BBA/GE/MBA/MTEIL/PhDM Record link: http://libsearch.siu.ac.th/siu/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=28348

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