Vincent Liegey, Anitra Nelson

Exploring Degrowth (eBook, ePUB)

A Critical Guide

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A sense of urgency pervades global environmentalism, and the degrowth movement is bursting into the mainstream. As climate catastrophe looms closer, people are eager to learn what degrowth is about, and whether we can save the planet by changing how we live. This book is an introduction to the movement.

As politicians and corporations obsess over growth objectives, the degrowth movement demands that we must slow down the economy by transforming our economies, our politics and our cultures to live within the Earth's limits.

This book navigates the practice and strategies of the movement, looking at its strengths and weaknesses. Covering horizontal democracy, local economies and the reduction of work, it shows us why degrowth is a compelling and realistic project.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786807601
• Artikelnr.: 60051801

Autorenporträt

Vincent Liegey is an engineer, interdisciplinary researcher, spokesperson for the French degrowth movement and co-author of Un Projet de Décroissance (Editions Utopia, 2013). He is also the coordinator of Cargonomia - a centre for research and experimentation on degrowth, a social cooperative for sustainable logistical solutions and local food distribution using cargo-bikes in Budapest.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Boxes
List of Abbreviations and Symbols
Glossary
Series Preface
Foreword by Jason Hickel
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: Exploring 'Degrowth'
2. Decolonising Our Growth Imaginaries
3. Degrowth in Practice
4. Political Strategies for Degrowth
5. The Degrowth Project: A Work in Progress
Postface: 'Now Is the Time of Monsters'
Appendix 1: A Platform for Degrowth
Appendix 2: The Content of the Unconditional Autonomy Allowance
Appendix 3: Implementing the Unconditional Autonomy Allowance:
Transitionary Steps
Notes
Selected Further Reading and Links
Index