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Analysis

Post-Development Discourse: Lessons for the Degrowth Movement

Authors:
Lasse Thiele

Entry type:
Analysis

Year of publication:
2015

Publishers:
Degrowth.de Blog

Language:
English

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From the text: Is degrowth only conceivable in the context of “oversaturated” industrial societies while the global “South” remains dependent on growth? Lasse Thiele challenges this assumption, noting that "assumptions underlying such demands are quickly revealed to be rooted firmly in Western ideas of progress and growth."

> read part 1 > read part 2 This article is also available in German: > Teil 1 > Teil 2