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• 2023
This chapter brings degrowth into conversation with Buen Vivir/sumak kawsay, an alternative to development from Ecuador. The Anthropocene is a crisis marked by multiple ecological crises, but also by dualistic and hierarchical structures of oppression. It’s a civilisationary crisis that needs to be confronted in all its intersecting dimensions. Anthropocentrism is one of the defining features o...
• 2023
The paper discusses the concepts of degrowth and decolonisation in the context of the tensions of the Cold War in socialist Poland of the 70-ies. At that time, the Berlin Wall symbolised the divisions between two geopolitical structures, namely the West, perceived as a guarantor of democracy, and the East, dominated by the Soviet sphere of influence. However, both sides were full of anticipatio...
• 2023
Until the 60s, in Yugoslavia, the emphasis was mainly on the economic policy and instruments—in a narrower sense. Traditionally unprofitable activities started to appear to capture in a more excellent picture of development. The culture slowly became an integral part of social being by allowing the politics and policy to become social constructs (through self-governance socialism) and not the e...
• 2023
By: Milica Kočović De Santo, Stéphanie Eileen Domptail, Jennifer Hirsch
Degrowth Decolonization and Development offers a collection of seven original case study analyses, followed by a synopsis of concepts contributing to decolonize development by shaking the hegemony of the Western paradigm. The participating researchers met when presenting their work in Decolonization and Degrowth panels within two International Degrowth Conferences held in July (organized by Man...
Report • 2023
A review of Degrowth & Strategy: How to Bring about Social-Ecological Transformation
Scientific paper • 2023
By: Hubert Buch-Hansen, Iana Nesterova
While the notion of degrowth has gained traction in recent times, scholarship on degrowth transformations has yet to provide a conceptualisation that captures key attributes of what such transformations entail: (1) the reduction of some items and the expansion of others and (2) profound changes in various dimensions of social being, including in how humans interact with nature, non-humans, and ...
• 2023
By: Koenraad Priels
The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive and workable answer for addressing the socio-ecological crises that result from the severely flawed socio-economic system that is the capitalist world system to date. It presents a fundamental first step towards correcting this system, by addressing and correcting the monetary system whereupon a global kleptocracy has been constructed. At ...
• 2023
By: Adam Pomieciński
This chapter focuses on the radical activities and actions of the environmental movement related to the exploitation of gold in Amulsar, as well as global growth issues in the context of anti-capitalist logic and degrowth revision. The Amulsar gold mine is located 170 kilometers south of the capital of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan. It was created by the international concern Lydian Internat...
• 2023
By: Milica Kočović De Santo, Stéphanie Eileen Domptail
Degrowth Decolonization and Development reveals common underlying cultural roots to the multiple current crises. It shows that culture is an essential sphere to initiate fundamental changes and solutions as it brings about transformative imaginaries on a theoretical, political and practical level. The book focusses on the interplay between culture and the environment, society and the economy. I...
• 2023
By: Azize Aslan
This book looks at the anti-capitalist economy and the organization of social relations in the context of the revolution and autonomy of Rojava (Kurdistan-Syria). It questions both the limitations and the historical problems of the phenomenon of revolution, and the conflicts and contradictions that emerge in this process. It also draws from the conflicts and contradictions the author has cons...
• 2023
By: Federico Demaria
Introduces the burgeoning fields of ecological economics and political ecology Presents an in-depth overview on the informal recycling sector in the Global South that, according to the World Bank, employs 1% of the urban population in developing countries The struggles by informal recyclers are discussed as a case of urban 'environmentalism of the poor', because by defending their livelihoo...
• 2023
By: Caitlin B. Morgan, Kristian Brevik, Lindsay Barbieri, Joe Ament
Behind the facades of humanity’s technological advances and urban lifestyles, there is in fact no real wall that separates us from the web of life. Biology, physics, Western social theory, and Indigenous scholarship all tell us that we are embedded in the natural world; to operate otherwise is a dangerous misconception and leads to the human-centered ecological crises we currently face. And yet...
• 2023
By: Stefan Drews, Lewis C. King, Ivan Savin
Despite strong promotion of green growth by policymakers and international institutions, there is mounting criticism concerning the compatibility of continued economic growth with sustainability goals. Our global survey of 789 climate policy researchers reveals widespread scepticism in high-income countries, supporting the notion that as national income rises, environmental goals prevail over e...
• 2023
By: Brent Bleys, Jonas Van der Slycken
Scholars have long had difficulties when dealing with cross-time and cross-boundary issues in the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW) and Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI). This case study for Belgium is the very first that tackles these complexities by calculating two ISEW-variants with distinct time and boundary perspectives that are based on Fisherian or Hicksian income. Experiential...
• 2023
By: Hall Greenland
Michael Pablo was a twentieth century revolutionary whose life and ideas remain relevant and inspirational in the 21st. He spent his life involved in revolutions around the globe – in Greece, France, Algeria, Chile, Palestine and Portugal, to name the most important – everywhere pursuing a genuinely democratic socialism. He was a hands-on participant and advocated and worked for what he called ...