Towards a Political Economy of Degrowth

Ekaterina Chertkovskaya is a Researcher in Degrowth and Critical Organisation Studies based at Lund University and a member of the editorial collective of ephemera journal. Alexander Paulsson is a Senior Lecturer at Lund University School of Economics and Management.Stefania Barca is an environmental historian and Senior Researcher, Center for Social Studies, University of Coimbra.

• 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

This book is a gem. It is a must read for any political economist who wants to understand what degrowth is all about.