Degrowth
(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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- author
- Parrique, Timothée LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- 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
- project
- Postgrowth Welfare Systems
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 1e0246c8-3fa4-4201-8540-63ff28d004dd
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- 2023-08-28 12:29:32
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