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Sustainable Development:A Paradigm Shift
INTRODUCTION
Many people live from day to day, confronting and dealing with problems as they arise. They accomplish this within the existing context and the current paradigm, rarely stopping to consider this context and paradigm. While the previous chapters have been written on the basis of the current paradigm, but with a new perspective, this chapter addresses the possibility of a new paradigm.
A paradigm (from the Greek words para and deigma, meaning ‘pattern’) reflects the structure upon which a concept is based. It creates a framework through which we view the world and a way to give our observations meaning. Examples of paradigms are worldviews, norms and values, and management philosophies. ...
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