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Degrowth

Parrique, Timothée LU (2023) p.1113-1117
Abstract
This article examines the idea of degrowth, a concept in political ecology used to envision a democratically planned downscaling of production and consumption in affluent regions of the world as a means to avoid ecological breakdown, decrease inequality, and improve quality of life. Since its inception at the beginning of the 2000s in France, the idea of degrowth has sparked a worldwide social movement which has revamped critiques of capitalism, globalization, and modernity. To better grasp its contours, I synthesize the paradigm of degrowth in four essential features: a resource-saving macroeconomic diet, the abolition of extreme wealth, a redirection of economic activities towards concrete needs, and a decentralization of power.

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Handbook of the Anthropocene : Humans between Heritage and Future - Humans between Heritage and Future
editor
Wallenhorst, Nathanaël and Wulf, Christoph
edition
1
pages
1113 - 1117
publisher
Springer
ISBN
978-3-031-25910-4
978-3-031-25909-8
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-25910-4_181
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Postgrowth Welfare Systems
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English
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