Making Transformative Geographies: Lessons from Stuttgart's Community Economy (Social and Cultural Geography) - Softcover

Benedikt Schmid

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3837651401 ISBN 13: 9783837651409

Publisher: Transcript Verlag, 2020

Synopsis

In the light of social and environmental unsustainability and injustice, the continuing attachment to the idea that a growth-based economy is reconcilable with human prosperity and ecological limits seems increasingly implausible. Tracing and dissecting the complexities of social change, »Making Transformative Geographies« speaks about the development of visions, alternatives, and strategies for a radical transformation beyond accumulation and growth. Covering an empirical sample of 24 eco-social organizations, projects, and groupings in the city of Stuttgart (Germany), the book drills down into the social, spatial, and strategic dimensions of transformation. It advances a conceptually and empirically grounded assessment of the possibilities and limitations of community activism and civic engagement for shifting transformative geographies towards a degrowth trajectory.

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About the Author

Benedikt Schmid holds a doctorate in geography from the University of Luxembourg and is a post-doctoral researcher at the chair of Geography of Global Change at the University of Freiburg. His research focuses on the role of community initiatives and social enterprises for the transition towards a post-growth economy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Transcript Verlag
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837651401
• ISBN 13: 9783837651409
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 340