Exploring Degrowth: A Critical Guide (FireWorks) - Hardcover

Vincent Liegey; Anitra Nelson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0745342019 ISBN 13: 9780745342016

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2020

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Anitra Nelson is Honorary Associate Professor at the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia). She is the author of Small is Necessary: Shared Living on a Shared Planet (Pluto, 2018) and is co-editor of Food for Degrowth (Routledge, 2020) with Ferne Edwards.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745342019
• ISBN 13: 9780745342016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160