The powerless extremes: Balancing altruism and individualism in environmental policy formulation
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https://doi.org/10.14482/indes.32.02.658.455Keywords:
environmental history, survival economy, capitalism, commons, socio-ecological relationsAbstract
The objective is to propose a practical conceptual scheme to interpret social organizations' economic and ecological implications based on an individualistic or altruistic paradigm. After a literature review and a brief historical analysis of these paradigms, we conclude that complex and balanced organizations have the most remarkable propensity to develop altruistic cooperation exchanges. The implication for contemporary environmental policies is the possibility of complementing market mechanisms with community-based schemes in a favorable context.
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