De-[Constructing] Growth

Authors:
Nicholas A. Ashford

Entry type:
Scientific paper

Year of publication:
2016

Publishers:
Sustainability

Language:
English

Tags:

theory growth criticism social movements

Keywords: degrowth; sustainable consumption; sustainable production; inequality; sustainability; employment

Abstract: “De-[Constructing] Growth” is offered as a more nuanced conceptualization that avoids the negative connotations of, and resistance to, “degrowth” by decoupling profit from unsustainable consumption, production, and inequality. Sustainability 2016, 8(11), 1140