The Circular Economy in Europe : Critical Perspectives on Policies and Imaginaries (Paperback)

List of illustrations List of contributorsAcknowledgements Preface PART I: Circular economy as a policy concept 1 Introduction: the sixteenth century map 2 Limits to growth: historical antecedents of the circular economy 3 Enter Ellen: the circular economy hits the European scene 4 The circular economy: A concept in the making PART II: Critical perspectives 5 Postulating circularity: biophysical flows and the problem of entropy 6 Imagining circularity: the circular economy as a sociotechnical imaginary 7 Measuring circularity: indicator development in the circular economy 8 Governing circularity: how to govern in the nexus PART III: The future of change 9 Narratives of stop and go 10 What kind of science is needed in a changing world?11 From the sixteenth to the twenty-first century Index