In the light of social and environmental unsustainability and injustice, the continuing attachment to the idea that a growth-based economy is reconcilable with human prosperity and ecological limits seems increasingly implausible. Tracing and dissecting the complexities of social change, »Making Transformative Geographies« speaks about the development of visions, alternatives, and strategies for a radical transformation beyond accumulation and growth. Covering an empirical sample of 24 eco-social organizations, projects, and groupings in the city of Stuttgart (Germany), the book drills down into the social, spatial, and strategic dimensions of transformation. It advances a conceptually and empirically grounded assessment of the possibilities and limitations of community activism and civic engagement for shifting transformative geographies towards a degrowth trajectory.
Price: $35.00
Pages: 340
Publisher: transcript publishing
Imprint: transcript publishing
Publication Date:
27 June 2020
Trim Size: 8.86 X 5.83 in
ISBN: 9783837651409
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development
»By looking in depth at these eco-social organizations, this book gives careful hope and carves strategies for radical trajectories, becoming an important addition to discussions around degrowth and post-capitalist geographies.«
Benedikt Schmid (PhD), born in 1988, is postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Geography of Global Change at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. In his research, he investigates the institutionalization of practices and organizational forms with socio-ecological objectives, with a particular focus on transformation processes towards sustainable and growth-independent economic forms.
Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Introduction 9
Outline 23
Chapter 1: Growth in the Capitalocene 25
Chapter 2: Alternative economies 39
Chapter 3: Transformation, transition, and agency 51
Interlude I: Geographies of change 69
Outline 77
Chapter 4: Reimagining togetherness 79
Chapter 5: Materialization 93
Chapter 6: Scale and power in transformative geographies 107
Chapter 7: From transformative geographies to a degrowth transition 115
Interlude II: Strategies for transformation 125
Outline 131
Chapter 8: A practice theory methodology 133
Chapter 9: Planning and conducting research on a degrowth case study 137
Chapter 10: Research as practice 155
Chapter 11: Data analysis 161
Outline 177
Of infidels and agnostics 178
Chapter 12: Alternatives 181
Chapter 13: Constraints 195
Chapter 14: Enablement 207
Chapter 15: Compromise 215
Interlude III: Of transition 223
Outline 231
Chapter 16: Sketching a degrowth transition 235
Chapter 17: Degrowth practices 253
Chapter 18: Degrowth organizations 261
Chapter 19: Degrowth strategies 269
Chapter 20: Transformative geographies and socio-spatial strategies 279
Concluding thoughts on making transformative geographies 289
Acknowledgements 303
References 309
