Publication details
Koncept udržitelného nerůstu a nerůstové hnutí v Evropě
| Title in English | The Concept of Sustainable Degrowth and the Degrowth Movement in Europe |
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | The Concept of Sustainable Degrowth and the Degrowth Movement in Europe is the chapter authored by Eva Fraňková and Nadia Johanisová (Masaryk University in Brno). The authors discuss the concept of sustainable degrowth, which has gained increasing prominence in the last decade within both the eco-social movement and in the academic debate and can be seen as an attempt to resurrect a radical environmental ethos. Sustainable degrowth can be defined as a democratic, equitable and environmentally beneficial process of gradually decreasing the volume of production and consumption, which contributes to human well-being. Degrowth argumentation springs from a wide spectrum of intellectual sources including environmental ethics, ecological economics and critical approaches in development theory. Both the activist and the academic wings of the degrowth movement have developed since 2000 predominantly in France, Italy and Spain, and also to a lesser degree in many other countries. The degrowth concept differs from voluntary simplicity or downshifting by its call for systemic social change and can be interpreted as an intermediate stage leading to a steady-state economy. Key arguments of the degrowth movement include a criticism of mainstream economic fundamentalism and of the de-politicization of public space. However, the viability of alternatives to the current system based on the economic growth logic remains an open question. |
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