Higher Education in a Sustainable Society : A Case for Mutual Competence Building

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Higher Education in a Sustainable Society : A Case for Mutual Competence Building
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A Case for Mutual Competence Building
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edited by Hans Chr. Garmann Johnsen, Stina Torjesen, Richard Ennals
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eng
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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
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DE-He213
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658.048
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0
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  • HD62.6
  • HD60-60.5
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non fiction
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CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance,

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