Katarzyna Stachurska-Szczesiak is an associate Professor at the Institute of International Relations at Maria Curie-Sk³odowska University in Lublin, Poland. She is also the head of the research laboratory of the European Documentation Centre (CDE UMCS). In 2019, she obtained a postdoctoral degree in the field of social sciences, in the discipline of political and administrative science, and in 2023 was appointed an university professor. Since 2015, she has been a member of the European expert group Team Europe.

• ContentsList of abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Theoretical approaches to sustainable development 1.1. Free market environmentalism1.2. Ecological moderinisation 1.3. Citizen participation Chapter 2. Economical approaches to sustainable development 2.1. Neoclassical approach 2.2. Ecological economy2.2.1. Ecological economy (London school) 2.2.2. Ecological economy (Industrial school) 2.2.3. Ecological economy (American school) 2.3. Analysis of scientific controversies in an uncertain universe 2.4. Conventional analysis (economics of convention) 2.5. Humanistic issues 2.6. Historical and institutional analysis 2.7. Entropic analysis encourages reduced degrowth Chapter 3. Ecological approaches to sustainable development 3.1. Green criticism 3.2. Ecosocialism 3.3. Political ecology 3.4. Ecoanarchism 3.5. Deep ecology 3.6. Ecofeminism Chapter 4. Sociological approach to sustainable development 4.1 The essence of the social dimension of sustainable development 4.2 Environmental sociology End List of Tables List of picturesBibliography

Katarzyna Stachurska-Szczesiak is an associate Professor at the Institute of International Relations at Maria Curie-Sk³odowska University in Lublin, Poland. She is also the head of the research laboratory of the European Documentation Centre (CDE UMCS). In 2019, she obtained a postdoctoral degree in the field of social sciences, in the discipline of political and administrative science, and in 2023 was appointed an university professor. Since 2015, she has been a member of the European expert group Team Europe.

• ContentsList of abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Theoretical approaches to sustainable development 1.1. Free market environmentalism1.2. Ecological moderinisation 1.3. Citizen participation Chapter 2. Economical approaches to sustainable development 2.1. Neoclassical approach 2.2. Ecological economy2.2.1. Ecological economy (London school) 2.2.2. Ecological economy (Industrial school) 2.2.3. Ecological economy (American school) 2.3. Analysis of scientific controversies in an uncertain universe 2.4. Conventional analysis (economics of convention) 2.5. Humanistic issues 2.6. Historical and institutional analysis 2.7. Entropic analysis encourages reduced degrowth Chapter 3. Ecological approaches to sustainable development 3.1. Green criticism 3.2. Ecosocialism 3.3. Political ecology 3.4. Ecoanarchism 3.5. Deep ecology 3.6. Ecofeminism Chapter 4. Sociological approach to sustainable development 4.1 The essence of the social dimension of sustainable development 4.2 Environmental sociology End List of Tables List of picturesBibliography

Katarzyna Stachurska-Szczesiak is an associate Professor at the Institute of International Relations at Maria Curie-Sk³odowska University in Lublin, Poland. She is also the head of the research laboratory of the European Documentation Centre (CDE UMCS). In 2019, she obtained a postdoctoral degree in the field of social sciences, in the discipline of political and administrative science, and in 2023 was appointed an university professor. Since 2015, she has been a member of the European expert group Team Europe.

• ContentsList of abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Theoretical approaches to sustainable development 1.1. Free market environmentalism1.2. Ecological moderinisation 1.3. Citizen participation Chapter 2. Economical approaches to sustainable development 2.1. Neoclassical approach 2.2. Ecological economy2.2.1. Ecological economy (London school) 2.2.2. Ecological economy (Industrial school) 2.2.3. Ecological economy (American school) 2.3. Analysis of scientific controversies in an uncertain universe 2.4. Conventional analysis (economics of convention) 2.5. Humanistic issues 2.6. Historical and institutional analysis 2.7. Entropic analysis encourages reduced degrowth Chapter 3. Ecological approaches to sustainable development 3.1. Green criticism 3.2. Ecosocialism 3.3. Political ecology 3.4. Ecoanarchism 3.5. Deep ecology 3.6. Ecofeminism Chapter 4. Sociological approach to sustainable development 4.1 The essence of the social dimension of sustainable development 4.2 Environmental sociology End List of Tables List of picturesBibliography