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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.
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Benedikt Schmid (Dr.), geb. 1988, ist Akademischer Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl Geographie des Globalen Wandels an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. In seiner Forschung untersucht er die Institutionalisierung von Praktiken und Organisationsformen mit sozial-ökologischen Zielsetzungen mit besonderem Fokus auf Transformationsprozessen hin zu nachhaltigen und wachstumsunabhängigen Wirtschaftsformen.
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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.
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Besprochen in:ORLIS, 9 (2020)www.kommunalweb.de, 9 (2020)Urban Geography, 27.01.2021, Ella HubbardEurasian Geography and Economics, 63/1 (2022), Jan Bartsch/Markus Sattler
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»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.«
Xavier Balaguer Rasillo, https://antipodeonline.org, 11.12.2020 20201211
