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By: Gustavo Esteva, Irene Ragazzini

Posdevelopment, radical democracy, postindustrial socety, convivial reconstruction

By: Anne Dietrich, Vera Denzer, Jörg Gertel

Abstract: The paper investigates urban public spaces as sites of daily resistance from theoretical and empirical points of view. Particular attention is paid to different forms of protest against social orders that find their expressions in nonconformist appropriations of space. Thus the contribution addresses the conference’s narrative step ‘Facing the Current Crisis: Critique and Resistance’....

By: Brian Davey

Abstract: Western Europe and the USA have held themselves up as models to be followed by the countries of Eastern Europe - democratic countries run according to the rule of law, with market based consumer societies, privatised key sectors and focused on economic growth. Joining the European Union and learning how to be like the "successful" western economies has been seen as Central and Eastern...

By: Les Convivialistes

From the book: "A different kind of world is not just possible; it is a crucial and urgent necessity. But where do we start when it comes to envisaging the shape it should take and working out how to bring it about? The Convivialist Manifesto seeks to highlight the similarities between the many initiatives already engaged in building that world and to draw out the common political philosophy th...

By: Pau Bofill

Abstract: This document shows a comparison of bartering, alternative (free) money, official money (based on credit), and natural economies (give and take). The comparison is based on a workshop where the different kinds of exchange are simulated by means of playing cards. This paper describes the simulation game, and some reflections by the authors from previous editions of the workshop. This w...

By: Barbara Brandl

Abstract: The development of seeds is essential for a sustainable and socially adapted type of agriculture. This relationship has been widely discussed and is usually invoked by natural scientists. However, a social science perspective on the connection between plant breeding research and agricultural production allows a broader perspective. In order to explore the effects of seed production on...

By: Karin Bradley

Abstract: In recent years what is termed “the sharing economy” has grown, i.e. sharing and swapping of tools, clothes, spaces and services. Sharing practices are indeed not new but have been reinvented in contemporary contexts characterized by economic decline and/or environmental concerns, often facilitated through the use of digital technologies. This paper deals with the rationales of peer-t...

By: Natalia Bracarense

Abstract: Latin America has experimented with two different development strategies: an “outward-oriented” program based on exports of primary commodities and, alternatively, a domestic industrialization from within strategy. A consensus that both models failed to achieve sustainable development in Latin America opened space for rethinking development theory and policy in the beginning of the tw...

By: Stefano Bartolini, Francesco Sarracino, Laurent Theis

Abstract: While the various streams of environmentalism agree in claiming that the current patterns of economic activity are unsustainable for natural resources, they disagree in answering the following question: who is the responsible? Two different answers have been provided: the people or the socio-economic system. The first answer claims that people are inter-temporally greedy. Unsustainabl...

By: Stefano Bartolini, Francesco Sarracino, Luigi Bonatti

hyper-consumerism; working time; negative externalities; happiness; growth rebalancing

By: Romina Amicolo

Abstract: The garbage crisis in Campania, a region of the Southern Italy, is an example of human – made enviromental degradation, which determined a sudden drop in the health condition of local inhabitants, with a considerable increase in the number of deaths caused by cancer, respiratory illnesses, and also genetic malformations. Since the mid-1990s the Italian government declared the state of...

By: aboutsource

Im Rahmen des Forschungsprojekts „Postwachstumspioniere“ interviewt das Institut für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung (IÖW) in den nächsten Wochen kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) zum Thema Wachstum. Gesucht sind Beispielunternehmen mit alternativen Entwicklungsorientierungen, die von Wachstum unabhängig und gleichwohl zukunftsfähig sind. Uns interessieren Positionen und Beweggründe, Ziele...

By: Diego Andreucci, Lucia Gallardo

Abstract: The crisis of capitalism affects all spheres of social reproduction; it is an integral crisis of the current "civilization paradigm". Contemporary anti-capitalist politics must therefore struggle for a thoroughly distinct society and imaginary. In this paper, we critically evaluate two narratives which in recent years have put forward demands for a radically alternative paradigm, name...

By: aboutsource

Von Matthias Schmelzer Der folgende Artikel wird in erweiterter Form im “Atlas der Globalisierung” erscheinen. Der neue Atlas, herausgegeben von Le Monde diplomatique und dem Kolleg Postwachstumsgesellschaften (Universität Jena) wird unter dem Motto “Weniger wird mehr. Der Postwachstums-Atlas” auf verschiedene Aspekte von Wachstum und Postwachstum konzentrieren. Er erscheint in einer kostenfrei...

By: aboutsource

Das Institut für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung (IÖW) und die Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg starten heute eine Online-Befragung von kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen (KMU) zum Thema Wachstum. Die Forscherinnen und Forscher wollen herausfinden, wie wichtig wachsende Gewinne oder Beschäftigtenzahlen für die Unternehmensstrategie sind, ob und wie stark die U...

By: Philippe Bihouix

The publisher: Face aux signaux alarmants de la crise globale ? croissance en berne, tensions sur l’énergie et les matières premières, effondrement de la biodiversité, dégradation et destruction des sols, changement climatique et pollution généralisée ? on cherche à nous rassurer. Les technologies « vertes » seraient sur le point de sauver la planète et la croissance grâce à une quatrième révol...

By: Karlheinz Geißler

Untertitel: Wege in eine neue Zeitkultur Der Verlag: »Immer alles und am besten sofort« lautet das Credo unserer Zeit. Wie sind wir in den Strudel der Zeitverdichtung geraten? Wie sind frühere Generationen mit dem Tempo der Welt umgegangen? Welche Wege führen aus der Dringlichkeitsfalle? Karlheinz A. Geißler liefert Antworten auf diese und weitere Fragen unseres Umgangs mit Zeit. Ein Buch zu...

By: Niko Paech, Clive Spash

Scientific lecture at the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Presentations by Niko Paech and Clive Spash. Niko Paech: An Introduction to Post-growth Economies Clive Spash: A Future Social Ecological Economy: Reality-Transformation-Utopia Discussion with Niko Paech and Clive Spash

By: Alix Faßmann

Untertitel: Anleitung zur Karriereverweigerung Der Verlag: Arbeit ist längst zur Religion geworden. Doch in Zeiten von Wirtschaftskrise und Arbeitsplatzabbau ist der Traum vom Aufstieg durch Arbeit geplatzt. Vor allem junge Menschen sind trotz guter Ausbildung und hohem Einsatz von extremen Unsicherheiten geprägt. Als Vertreterin der Generation Y räumt Alix Faßmann mit den Glaubenssätzen der n...

By: Ronald Blaschke

Diskissionsworkshop auf der 4. Internationalen Degrowth Konferenz für ökologische Nachhaltigkeit und soziale Gerechtigkeit in Leipzig im Jahr 2014. Gefilmt vom Youtube Kanel 2malschauen Teil 1: Vortrag Ronald Blaschke Teil 2: Diskussion Aus dem Konferenz Programm: In diesem Seminar werden die Idee, der Begriff und einige aktuell diskutierte Modelle von Grundeinkommen national und global...