Beyond Ecological Economics and Development

1. Introduction 2. Short biography of Manfred Max-Neef PART I: Human needs and well-being 3. On the contributions of Max-Neef et al. to the theory of human needs. Julio Boltvinik 4. Understanding Max-Neef's model of human needs as a practical toolkit for supporting development work and societal transitions. Des Gasper 5. A New Development Paradigm Based on Happiness and Well-being: Max-Neef's Contributions for Building a Better World. Wenceslao Unanue 6. The Human Scale Development approach: is 'spirituality' a fundamental human need? Felix Fuders 7. Addressing fundamental human needs: exploring the Human Scale Development proposal for governance and policymaking. Maria del Valle Barrera & Patricio Belloy PART II: Development, growth and sustainability 8. Overcoming the development discourse: Max-Neef and economic growth. Antonio Elizalde Hevia 9. How Human Scale Development can help to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals for the 2030 Agenda. Ivonne Cruz 10. Climate change and planetary boundaries: an overview from the biocentric perspective of Max-Neef. Clara Olmedo, Inaki Ceberio de Leon & Yerko Castillo Avalos 11. Demand-side, socio-cultural and systemic solutions: the contributions of Max-Neef's work for climate change and sustainability. Lina Brand-Correa 12. Human Scale Sustainable Development: where Max-Neef's Fundamental Human Needs meet Sustainability. Gibran Vita 13. Economic growth and well-being: examining Max-Neef's 'Threshold Hypothesis'. Luis Valenzuela-Rivera PART III: Methodology of economics 14. The Thinking of Manfred Max-Neef and the Challenge to Neoclassic Economics and Policy Orthodoxy. Andres Solimano 15. The Gustibulus est Disputandum: building a bridge between mainstream economics and Max-Neef's theory of fundamental needs. Roberto Pasten 16. Manfred Max-Neef and heterodox economics: influences, and links with Piero Sraffa. Jean Pierre Doussoulin & Yoann Verger 17. The Methodology of Barefoot Economics. Patrick Kletzka 18. Max-Neef's complete biography