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Timothée Parrique . Photo

Timothée Parrique

Postdoctoral fellow

Timothée Parrique . Photo

Degrowth

Author

  • Timothée Parrique

Editor

  • Nathanaël Wallenhorst
  • Christoph Wulf

Summary, in English

This article examines the idea of degrowth, a concept in political ecology used to envision a democratically planned downscaling of production and consumption in affluent regions of the world as a means to avoid ecological breakdown, decrease inequality, and improve quality of life. Since its inception at the beginning of the 2000s in France, the idea of degrowth has sparked a worldwide social movement which has revamped critiques of capitalism, globalization, and modernity. To better grasp its contours, I synthesize the paradigm of degrowth in four essential features: a resource-saving macroeconomic diet, the abolition of extreme wealth, a redirection of economic activities towards concrete needs, and a decentralization of power.

Department/s

  • Organizational Studies

Publishing year

2023

Language

English

Pages

1113-1117

Publication/Series

Handbook of the Anthropocene : Humans between Heritage and Future

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Business Administration

Status

Published

Project

  • Postgrowth Welfare Systems

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-3-031-25909-8
  • ISBN: 978-3-031-25910-4