Deep Transformations - Progress in Political Economy by Hubert Buch-Hansen & Max Koch & Iana Nesterova

About the Book

This book conceptualises degrowth as a multi-faceted phenomenon on different scales and sites and discusses a range of ecosocial policies and initiatives capable of bringing about deep transformations.

Book Synopsis

This book provides a comprehensive theory of degrowth. It conceptualises degrowth as a multi-faceted phenomenon on different scales (trans-national, national and local) and sites (civil society, the state and business) and discusses a range of ecosocial policies and initiatives capable of bringing about deep transformations.

From the Back Cover

This timely and accessible book unfolds a holistic theory of degrowth transformations. Such transformations involve changes in various dimensions of social being: changes in how humans interact with nature, non-humans, and one another, changes in social structures and changes in how we are as human beings. The book suggests that for degrowth transformations to occur, actions in civil society, business and the state are necessary on the local, national and transnational scales. Moreover, it identifies a range of mechanisms that can bring about degrowth societies. These for instance include ecosocial policies, transformative initiatives in business and civil society and alternative modes of being in and relating to the world. The book's perspective is informed by multiple fields of knowledge, including political economy, sociology, geography and philosophy.

About the Author

Hubert Buch-Hansen is Associate Professor at Roskilde University.
Max Koch is Professor at Lund University.
Iana Nesterova is a Postdoc at Aalto University School of Business.