Description
| Product ID: | 9781138000773 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Degrowth |
| Subtitle: | A Vocabulary for a New Era |
| Authors: | Author: Federico Demaria, Giorgos Kallis, Giacomo D'Alisa |
| Page Count: | 220 |
| Subjects: | Development studies, Development studies, Environmental economics, Sustainability, Environmental economics, Sustainability |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Degrowth is a rejection of the illusion of growth and a call to repoliticize the public debate colonized by the idiom of economism. It is a project advocating the democratically-led shrinking of production and consumption with the aim of achieving social justice and ecological sustainability. Degrowth is a rejection of the illusion of growth and a call to repoliticize the public debate colonized by the idiom of economism. It is a project advocating the democratically-led shrinking of production and consumption with the aim of achieving social justice and ecological sustainability. This overview of degrowth offers a comprehensive coverage of the main topics and major challenges of degrowth in a succinct, simple and accessible manner. In addition, it offers a set of keywords useful forintervening in current political debates and for bringing about concrete degrowth-inspired proposals at different levels - local, national and global. The result is the most comprehensive coverage of the topic of degrowth in English and serves as the definitive international reference. More information at: vocabulary.degrowth.org View the author spotlight featuring events and press related to degrowth at http://t.co/k9qbQpyuYp. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2014-11-12 |
