Making Transformative Geographies Lessons from Stuttgart's Community Economy

Schmid, Benedikt:

ISBN 10: 3837651401 / ISBN 13: 9783837651409

Published by transcript 06.2020., 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Transformative Geographies Lessons from Stuttgart's Community Economy
• Publisher: transcript 06.2020.
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837651401
• ISBN 13: 9783837651409
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Weight: 528 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Geographie

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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.

About the Author

Benedikt Schmid (Dr.), geb. 1988, ist Akademischer Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl Geographie des Globalen Wandels an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. In seiner Forschung untersucht er die Institutionalisierung von Praktiken und Organisationsformen mit sozial-ökologischen Zielsetzungen mit besonderem Fokus auf Transformationsprozessen hin zu nachhaltigen und wachstumsunabhängigen Wirtschaftsformen.