Towards a Political Economy of Degrowth

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

AvEkaterina Chertkovskaya,Alexander Paulsson,Stefania Barca

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Since the 1970s, the degrowth idea has been proposed by scholars, public intellectuals and activists as a powerful call to reject the obsession of neoliberal capitalism with economic growth, an obsession which continues apace despite the global ecological crisis and rising inequalities. In the past decade, degrowth has gained momentum and become an umbrella term for various social movements which strive for ecologically sustainable and socially just alternatives that would transform the world we live in. How to move forward in an informed way, without reproducing the existing hierarchies and injustices? How not to end up in a situation when ecological sustainability is the prerogative of the privileged, direct democracy is ignorant of environmental issues, and localisation of production is xenophobic? These are some of the questions that have inspired this edited collection. Bringing degrowth into dialogue with critical social theories, covering previously unexplored geographical contexts and discussing some of the most contested concepts in degrowth, the book hints at informed paths towards socio-ecological transformation.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-10-04
Mått159 x 231 x 21 mm
Vikt562 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieTransforming Capitalism
Antal sidor280
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781786608956

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Introduction. The End of Political Economy as We Knew it? From Growth Realism to Nomadic Utopianism Stefania Barca, Ekaterina Chertkovskaya and Alexander PaulssonPart 1: Critical Political EconomiesChapter 1. The Limits of Systems: Economics, Management and the Problematization of Growth During the Golden Age of CapitalismAlexander PaulssonChapter 2. Reorienting Comparative Political Economy: From Economic Growth to Sustainable AlternativesHubert Buch-HansenChapter 3. The Topicality of André Gorz’s Political Ecology: Rethinking 1977 Écologie Et Libertè to (Re)Connect Marxism and Degrowth Emanuele LeonardiChapter 4. Growth and Degrowth in Marx’s Critique of Political EconomyMax KochChapter 5. The Historical Roots of a Feminist ‘Degrowth’: Maria Mies and Marilyn Waring’s Critiques of GrowthCatia Gregoratti and Riya RaphaelPart Two: Emerging TerrainsChapter 6. Degrowth in Theory, Pursuit of Growth in Action: Exploring the Russian and Soviet ContextsEkaterina ChertkovskayaChapter 7