Towards a degrowth transition
Bringing Interests Back In
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6443723 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joe P L Davidson (0000-0003-1800-3771, University of Warwick, corresponding author), Maria Gavris (0000-0002-7884-0929, University of Warwick) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 48-61 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-3467 • E-ISSN: 1469-9923 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13563467.2024.2389506 |
| OpenAlex | W4401510026 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 34 |
Degrowth has become particularly important in the environmental movement in recent years. However, there is no consensus on how to achieve the shift from a growth-oriented society to a degrowth-oriented society. We suggest that a productive means of addressing this issue is by turning to debates concerning processes of institutional change and sustainability transitions. This approach has two key implications. On the one hand, accounts of degrowth transitions resonate with broader theories of institutional change. For instance, some, in common with historical institutionalism, emphasise the path dependencies of existing growth-oriented institutions while others, in common with discursive institutionalism, highlight the role of ideas in facilitating the creation of a degrowth-oriented society. On the other hand, there are serious limitations to these theories of institutional change. From the perspective of critical political economy, they fail to situate institutions in the broader context of capitalist power dynamics and thus do not engage with social interests. On the basis of two case studies, we argue that degrowth needs to address the question ‘who wants degrowth?’, or how its demands advance the interests of the working class, with its different intersections, in the contemporary moment
Biology · Degrowth · Economic system · Economics · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Political science · Sustainability · Transition (genetics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Ecology
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Three centuries of marine governance in Indonesia
Degrowth
The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Institutional Analysis
The Future Is Degrowth
De-growth
Degrowth and the State
A Green New Deal without growth
Historical institutionalism and the politics of sustainable energy transitions
Is Green Growth Possible
The Prerequisites for a Degrowth Paradigm Shift
Less and more
De-Growth vs a Green New Deal
After (post) hegemony
Engaging with the politics of sustainability transitions
Capitalism in sustainability transitions research
Remaking political institutions in sustainability transitions
Taking ideas and discourse seriously
Discursive Institutionalism
The state in the transformation to a sustainable postgrowth economy
The Labor(s) of Degrowth
Can the Left Escape Economism
Decarbonized Futures
Critical political economy and the critique of comparative capitalisms scholarship on capitalist diversity
Varieties of capitalism or varieties of relationships of forces? Outlines of a historical materialist policy analysis
Capitalist diversity and variety
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |