Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Points of departure. Introduction: change in the age of sustainability --U︣kama: emerging metatheories for the twenty-first century --P︣art II. Rethinking global transitions. Understanding our finite world: resource flows of late modernity --G︣lobal crisis and transition: a long wave perspective --T︣owards radical incrementalism --E︣volutionary potential of the present: why ecocultures matter --P︣art III. Making and resisting sustainability transitions. Developmental states and sustainability transitions --G︣lobal energy transition, energy democracy and the commons --R︣esisting transition: authoritarianism, energy dominance and electro-masculinity --P︣art IV. Transdisciplinary knowing. Towards an evolutionary pedagogy of the present --C︣oncluding reflections of an enraged incrementalist.

"With transitions to more sustainable ways of living already underway, this book examines how we understand the underlying dynamics of the transitions that are unfolding. Without this understanding, we enter the future in a state of informed bewilderment. Shedding light on the highly complex challenge of a sustainable and just transition, this book is essential reading for anyone concerned with establishing a more sustainable and equitable world. Ultimately, this is a book about hope, but without easy answers"--Publisher's description.