People

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People

• Cornelia Butler Flora
• Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of
  Sociology and Agriculture and Life Sciences
• Director
• North Central Regional Center for Rural
  Development
• cflora_at_iastate.edu

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Socio-technicalRegime The rule set comprised
in the coherent complex of

• Technical knowledge
• Engineering practices
• Product characteristics
• Skills and procedures
• Ways of handling relevant artifacts and persons
• Production process techniques
• Ways of defining problems

Embedded in institutions and infrastructures
Wiskerke, J.S.C. J.D. van der Ploeg (eds.)
2004. Seeds of Transition Essays on novelty
production, niches and regimes in agriculture
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Market
Civil Society
State
Modern economy implicit social contract
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Market
Post-Modern Economy Accelerated Accumulation
Civil Society
State
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Built Capital
Financial Capital
Healthy Ecosystem (Planet) Vital
Economy (Prosperity) Social Inclusion (People)
Natural Capital
Political Capital
Cultural Capital
Social Capital
Human Capital
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How do we get a sustainable Michigan?
Mandatory
Force
Limiting what can be built and used where
Shutting the system down
Economic
Higher earnings Lower costs
Fines High costs,
Voluntary
Social pressure
Gain prestige from acting sustainably
Waste is looked down upon
Internalization
Wants to and knows how
Doesnt want to /or doesnt know how
Positive sanctions
Negative sanctions