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Latest Academic Articles on Degrowth

2017

  • Kallis, G. (2017). Radical dematerialization and degrowth. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 375(2095), 20160383.
  • Koch, M., Buch-Hansen, H., & Fritz, M. (2017). Shifting Priorities in Degrowth Research: An Argument for the Centrality of Human Needs. Ecological Economics, (138), 74-81.
  • Brand, U., Boos, T., & Brad, A. (2017). Degrowth and post-extractivism: two debates with suggestions for the inclusive development framework. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 24, 36-41.
  • Bonaiuti, M. (2017). Are we entering the age of involuntary degrowth? Promethean technologies and declining returns of innovation. Journal of Cleaner Production.
  • Vetter, A. (2017). The Matrix of Convivial Technology–Assessing technologies for degrowth. Journal of Cleaner Production.
  • Gomiero, Tiziano. “Agriculture and degrowth: State of the art and assessment of organic and biotech-based agriculture from a degrowth perspective.” Journal of Cleaner Production (2017).
  • Vetter, Andrea. “The Matrix of Convivial Technology–Assessing technologies for degrowth.” Journal of Cleaner Production (2017).
  • Hankammer, Stephan, and Robin Kleer. “Degrowth and collaborative value creation: Reflections on concepts and technologies.” Journal of Cleaner Production (2017).
  • Metze, Tamara. “Framing the future of fracking: discursive lock-in or energy degrowth in the Netherlands?.” Journal of Cleaner Production (2017).
  • Muraca, Barbara, and Frederike Neuber. “Viable and convivial technologies: Considerations on Climate Engineering from a degrowth perspective.” Journal of Cleaner Production (2017).
  • Lockyer, Joshua. “Community, commons, and degrowth at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage.” Journal of Political Ecology 24 (2017): 519-542.
  • Koch, Max. “Shifting Priorities in Degrowth Research:‘Happiness’, Needs and the State.” Prioritising human needs in the era of climate change. 2017.
  • Weiss, Martin, and Claudio Cattaneo. “Degrowth–Taking Stock and Reviewing an Emerging Academic Paradigm.” Ecological Economics (2017).
  • Zoellick, Jan Cornelius. “It’s not (all) about efficiency: Powering and organizing technology from a degrowth perspective.” Journal of Cleaner Production (2017).
  • Germain, Marc. “Optimal Versus Sustainable Degrowth Policies.” Ecological Economics 136 (2017): 266-281.
  • Bendix, Daniel. “Reflecting the Post-Development gaze: the degrowth debate in Germany.” Third World Quarterly (2017): 1-17.
  • Borowy, Iris, and Jean-Louis Aillon. “Sustainable health and degrowth: Health, health care and society beyond the growth paradigm.” Social Theory & Health (2017): 1-23.
  • Alexander, Samuel. “Frugal Abundance in an Age of Limits: Envisioning a Degrowth Economy.” Transitioning to a Post-Carbon Society. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2017. 159-179.
  • Buhnik, Sophie. “The dynamics of urban degrowth in Japanese metropolitan areas: what are the outcomes of urban recentralisation strategies?.” Town Planning Review 88.1 (2017): 79-92.
  • Missemer, Antoine. “Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen and degrowth.” The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 24.3 (2017): 493-506.
  • Puggioni, Roberto. “Pope Francis and Degrowth: A Possible Dialogue for a Post-Capitalist Alternative.” International Journal of Public Theology 11.1 (2017): 7-35.
  • Chertkovskaya, Ekaterina. “The post-growth economy needs a degrowth vocabulary!.” Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization 17.1 (2017): 209-214.
  • Assessing the degrowth discourse: A review and analysis of academic degrowth policy proposals, by myself, Rui Santos and Daniel W. O’Neill in the Journal of Cleaner Production. The paper presents a review of a selection of peer-reviewed degrowth articles. To our knowledge, this is the first paper to systematically review and analyze academic degrowth policy proposals.
  • Molina, J. L., Lubbers, M. J., Valenzuela‐García, H., & Gómez‐Mestres, S. (2017). Cooperation and competition in social anthropology. Anthropology Today, 33(1), 11-14.

JPE Special Section on “Degrowth, Culture and Power” edited by Lisa L. Gezon and Susan Paulson

  • Susan Paulson. 2017. Degrowth: culture, power and change. Journal of Political Ecology 24: 425-448. PDF
  • Robin M. LeBlanc. 2017. Designing a beautifully poor public: postgrowth community in Italy and Japan. Journal of Political Ecology 24: 449-461. PDF
  • Eric Hirsch. 2017. The unit of resilience: unbeckoned degrowth and the politics of (post)development in Peru and the Maldives. Journal of Political Ecology 24: 462-475. PDF
  • Ritu Verma. 2017. Gross National Happiness in Bhutan: meaning, measure and degrowth in a living development alternative. Journal of Political Ecology 24: 476-490. PDF
  • Jonathan Otto. 2017. Finding common ground: exploring synergies between degrowth and environmental justice in Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Political Ecology 24: 491-503. PDF
  • Ragnheiður Bogadóttir and Elisabeth Skarðhamar Olsen. 2017. Making degrowth locally meaningful: the case of the Faroese grindadráp. Journal of Political Ecology 24: 504-518. PDF
  • Joshua Lockyer. 2017. Community, commons, and degrowth at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. Journal of Political Ecology 24: 519-542. PDF
  • Amy Cox Hall. 2017. Neo-monastics in North Carolina, de-growth and a theology of enough. Journal of Political Ecology 24: 543-565. PDF
  • Eeva Berglund. 2017. Steering clear of politics: local virtues in Helsinki’s design activism. Journal of Political Ecology 24: 566-581. PDF
  • Lisa L. Gezon. 2017. Beyond (anti)utilitarianism: khat and alternatives to growth in northern Madagascar. Journal of Political Ecology 24: 582-594. PDF
  • Emma McGuirk. 2017. Timebanking in New Zealand as a prefigurative strategy within a wider degrowth movement. Journal of Political Ecology 24: 595-609. PDF
  • Ulrich Demmer and Agata Hummel. 2017. Degrowth, anthropology, and activist research: the ontological politics of science. Journal of Political Ecology 24: 610-622.
  • Alf Hornborg. 2017. How to turn an ocean liner: a proposal for voluntary degrowth by redesigning money for sustainability, justice, and resilience. Journal of Political Ecology 24: 623-632. PDF
  • Karen Foster. 2017. Work ethic and degrowth in a changing Atlantic Canada. Journal of Political Ecology 24: 633-643. PDF
  • Jonathan DeVore. 2017. Trees and springs as social property: a perspective on degrowth and redistributive democracy from a Brazilian squatter community. Journal of Political Ecology 24: 644-666. PDF

2016

  • Joutsenvirta, M. (2016). A practice approach to the institutionalization of economic degrowth. Ecological Economics, 128, 23-32.
  • Ramos-Martin, J. (2016). Biophysical limits of current debates on degrowth and the knowledge economy (No. 2016_04). Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO).
  • Natale, A., Di Martino, S., Procentese, F., & Arcidiacono, C. (2016). De-growth and critical community psychology: Contributions towards individual and social well-being. Futures, 78, 47-56.
  • Hornborg, A. (2016). How to turn an ocean liner: A proposal for voluntary degrowth by redesigning money for sustainability, justice, and resilience. Journal of Political Ecology (Special issue on Culture,Power, Degrowth).
  • Drews, S., & Antal, M. (2016). Degrowth: A missile word that backfires?. Ecological Economics, 126, 182-187.

2014

Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era, (2014) edited by Giacomo D’Alisa, Federico Demaria and Giorgos Kallis (vocabulary.degrowth.org), Routledge

2013

Our Publications:

> Cattaneo, C., D’Alisa, (2013) Household work and energy consumption: a degrowth perspective. Catalonia’s case study.
Journal of Cleaner Production 38, Pages 71-79.- download pdf

> Kallis, G. (2013) Societal metabolism, working hours and degrowth: a comment on Sorman and Giampietro.
Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 38, Pages 94-98. – download pdf

> Sekulova, F., Kallis, G., Rodríguez-Labajos, B., Schneider, F. (2013) Degrowth: from theory to practice.
Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 38, Pages 1-6. – download pdf

> Asara, V., Profumi, E. and Kallis, G. (forthcoming) Degrowth, Democracy and Autonomy.
Environmental Values.

> Demaria, F., Schneider, F., Sekulova, F., Martinez-Alier, J. (forthcoming). What is degrowth? From an activist slogan to a social movement.  download pdf 
Environmental Values.

Other Publications:

Special Issue: Degrowth: Form Theory to Practice, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 38

> Johanisova, N., Crabtree, T., Franková, E. (2013) Social enterprises and non-market capitals: a path to degrowth? Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 38, Pages 7-16. – download pdf

> Borowy, I. (2013) Degrowth and public health in Cuba: lessons from the past? Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 38, Pages 17–26. – download pdf

> Amate, J. I., de Molina, M. G. (2013) ‘Sustainable de-growth’ in agriculture and food: an agro-ecological perspective on Spain’s agri-food system (year 2000). Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 38, Pages 27–35. – download pdf

> Lorek, S., Fuchs, D. (2013) Strong sustainable consumption governance -precondition for a degrowth path? Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 38, Pages 36-43. – download pdf

> Domènech, L., March, H., Saurí, D. (2013) Degrowth initiatives in the urban water sector? A social multi-criteria evaluation of non-conventional water alternatives in Metropolitan Barcelona. Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 38, Pages 44-55. – download pdf

> Alcott, B. (2013) Should degrowth embrace the Job Guarantee? Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 38, Pages 56-60. – download pdf

> Nørgård, J. S. (2013) Happy degrowth through more amateur economy. Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 38, Pages 61-70. – download pdf

> Sorman, A. H., Giampietro, M. (2013) The energetic metabolism of societies and the degrowth paradigm: analyzing biophysical constraints and realities. Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 38, Pages 80-93. – download pdf

 

2012

Our Publications:

> Cattaneo, C., D’Alisa, G., Kallis, G., Zografos, C. (2012) Introduction: Degrowth futures and democracy.
Futures. Volume 44, Pages 515-523. – download pdf

> Cattaneo, C. (2012) Book review: Why Doesn’t Microfinance Work?: The Destructive Rise of Local Neoliberalism.
Progress in Development Studies. Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 84-86. –

> Dittmer, K. (2012) Two challenges for creating democratically accountable local currencies to cope with unvoluntary degrowth: Lessons from Argentina.
Venezia 2012.- download pdf

> Kallis, G., Kerschner, C., Martinez-Alier, J. (2012) The economics of degrowth.
Ecological Economics. In Press. Available online 21 September 2012. – download pdf

> Latouche, S. (2012) Can the Left Escape Economism?
Capitalism Nature Socialism Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 74-78. – download pdf

> Martínez-Alier, J. (2012) Environmental Justice and Economic Degrowth: An Alliance between Two Movements.
Capitalism Nature Socialism. Volume 23, Isssue 1, Pages 51-73. – download pdf

> Van den Bergh, J. C. J. M., Kallis, G. (2012) Growth, A-Growth or Degrowth to Stay within Planetary Boundaries? Journal of Economic Issues. Volume XLVI, Issue 4, Pages 909-919.- download pdf

 

Other Publications:

> Kosoy, N; Brown, PG; Bosselmann, K; Duraiappah, A; Mackey, B; Martinez-Alier, J; Rogers, D; Thomson, R (2012) Pillars for a flourishing Earth: planetary boundaries, economic growth delusion and green economy. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. Volume 4, Pages 74-79. – download pdf

 

Special Issue: Politics, Democracy and Degrowth, Future. Volume 44, Issue 6

> Bonaiuti, M. (2012) Growth and democracy: Trade-offs and paradoxes. Futures. Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 524–534. – download pdf

> Muraca, B. (2012) Towards a fair degrowth-society: Justice and the right to a ‘good life’ beyond growth. Futures. Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 535–545. – download pdf

> Garcia, E. (2012) Degrowth, the past, the future, and the human nature. Futures. Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 546–552. – download pdf

> Deriu, M. (2012) Democracies with a future: Degrowth and the democratic tradition. Futures. Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 553–561. – download pdf

> Johanisova, N., Wolf, S. (2012) Economic democracy: A path for the future? Futures. Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 562–570. – download pdf

> Ott, K. (2012) Variants of de-growth and deliberative democracy: A Habermasian proposal. Futures. Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 571–581. – download pdf

> Romano, O. (2012) How to rebuild democracy, re-thinking degrowth. Futures. Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 582–589. – download pdf

> Trainer, T. (2012) De-growth: Do you realise what it means? Futures. Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 590–599. – download pdf

> Boillat, S., Gerber, J-F., Funes-Monzote, F. R. (2012) What economic democracy for degrowth? Some comments on the contribution of socialist models and Cuban agroecology. Futures. Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 600–607. – download pdf

 

Special Issue: Degrowth Symposium Capitalism Nature Socialism, Volume 23, Issue 1

> Sead (2012) Introduction to the Degrowth Symposium. Capitalism Nature Socialism. Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 26-29. – download pdf

> Bonaiuti, M (2012) Degrowth: Tools for a Complex Analysis of the Multidimensional Crisis. Capitalism Nature Socialism. Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 30-50. – download pdf

> Tammilehto, O. (2012) On the Prospect of Preventing Global Climate Catastrophe due to Rapid Social Change. Capitalism Nature Socialism. Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 79-92. – download pdf

> Brownhill, L., Turner, T. E., Kaara, W. (2012) Degrowth? How About Some “De-alienation”? Capitalism Nature Socialism. Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 93-104. – download pdf

> Correia, D. (2012) Degrowth, American Style: No Impact Man and Bourgeois Primitivism. Capitalism Nature Socialism. Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 105-118. – download pdf

> Schwarzman, D. A (2012) Critique of Degrowth and its Politics. Capitalism Nature Socialism. Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 119-125. – download pdf

 

2011

Our Publications:

> Kallis, G. (2011) S. Latouche, The degrowth proposal Farewell to Growth (2009) Polity Press. Book review.
Ecological Economics, Volume 70, Issue 5, 15 March 2011, Pages 1016-1017- download pdf

> Kallis, G. (2011). In defence of degrowth .
Ecological Economics, Volume 70, Issue 5, 15 March 2011, Pages 873-880. – download pdf

> Schneider, F., J. Martinez-Alier, G. Kallis, 2011. Sustainable Degrowth.
Journal of Industrial Ecology 15: 654–656.
> Bayon D., Flipo F., Schneider F., Decrecimiento, 10 preguntas para comprenderlo y dibatirlo.
Ed El Viejo Topo,2011.
> Federico Demaria, Francois Schneider, Andrea Calsamiglia, Laura Blanco, Dalma Domeneghini, Degrowth in South Europe: complementarity in diversity,
ESEE Conference 2011- download pdf

> Schneider F, Demaria F. Decreixement Sostenible: complementarietat en la diversitat.
Revista Nous Horitzons, 2011 – download pdf

> Cattaneo, C (2011). The Money-Free Autonomy of Spanish Squatters.
In: Life without Money, Pluto press, London.

 

Others Publications:

> Alcott, B. (2011) Should degrowth embrace the Job Guarantee?
Journal of Cleaner Production, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 21 June 2011- download pdf

> Bilancini, E., D’Alessandro, S. (2011) Long-run welfare under externalities in consumption, leisure, and production: A case for happy degrowth vs. unhappy growth.
Ecological Economics, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 17 November 2011- download pdf

> Domènech, L., March, Hug, Saurí, D. (2011) Degrowth initiatives in the urban water sector? A social multi-criteria evaluation of non-conventional water alternatives in Metropolitan Barcelona
Journal of Cleaner Production, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 24 September 2011- download pdf

> Douthwaite, R. Degrowth and the supply of money in an energy-scarce world.
Ecological Economics, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 22 April 2011- download pdf

> Lorek, S., Fuchs, D. (2011) Strong sustainable consumption governance – precondition for a degrowth path?
Journal of Cleaner Production, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 19 August 2011- download pdf

> O’Neill, D.O. (2011) Measuring progress in the degrowth transition to a steady state economy.
Ecological Economics, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 11 July 2011- download pdf

> Van den Bergh, J. Environment versus growth — A criticism of “degrowth” and a plea for “a-growth”
Ecological Economics, Volume 70, Issue 5, 15 March 2011, Pages 881-890- download pdf

> Victor, P.A. (2011) Growth, degrowth and climate change: A scenario analysis.
Ecological Economics, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 27 May 2011- download pdf

 

2010

Our Publications:

> Cattaneo, C., Gavaldà, M. (2010) The experience of rurban squats in Collserola, Barcelona: what kind of degrowth?
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 18, Issue 6, April 2010, Pages 581-589- download pdf

> Diaz Maurin, F. (2010). Serge Latouche’s Farewell to Growth (Book review). Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy 6(2):77–78. download pdf

> Martinez-Alier, J. (2010) Sustainable de-growth: Mapping the context, criticisms and future prospects of an emergent paradigm.
Ecological Economics, Volume 69, Issue 9, 15 July 2010, Pages 1741-1747- download pdf

> Schneider, F., Kallis, G., Martinez-Alier, J (2010) Crisis or opportunity? Economic degrowth for social equity and ecological sustainability. Introduction to this special issue
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 18, Issue 6, April 2010, Pages 511-518- download pdf

> Kerschner, C. (2010) Economic de-growth vs. steady-state economy.
Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 18, Issue 6, pages 544–551. – download pdf

> Cattaneo, C., Gavalda, M. (2010) The experience of rurban squats in Collserola, Barcelona: what kind of degrowth?
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 18, Pages 581–589. – download pdf

 

Others Publications:

> Latouche, S. (2010) Degrowth.
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 18, Issue 6, April 2010, Pages 519-522- download pdf

> Levallois, C. (2010) Can de-growth be considered a policy option? A historical note on Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen and the Club of Rome.
Ecological Economics, Volume 69, Issue 11, 15 September 2010, Pages 2271-2278- download pdf

> Lietaert, M. (2010) Cohousing’s relevance to degrowth theories.
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 18, Issue 6, April 2010, Pages 576-580- download pdf

> Van Griethuysen, P. (2010) Why are we growth-addicted? The hard way towards degrowth in the involutionary western development path.
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 18, Issue 6, April 2010, Pages 590-595- download pdf

 

2009

Others Publications:

> Latouche S. – Farewell to Growth (2009) UK, ISBN: 978-0-74564-617-6, 180 pp. – Polity Press

2008

Ours Publications:

> Fournier, V. (2008) Escaping from the economy: the politics of degrowth.
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. Vol. 28 Iss: 11/12, pp.528 – 545- download pdf