Degrowth in the Semi-Periphery : Ecology and Class in Central and Eastern Europe
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/article/view/848" target="_blank" >https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/article/view/848</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.32422/cjir.848" target="_blank" >10.32422/cjir.848</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Degrowth in the Semi-Periphery : Ecology and Class in Central and Eastern Europe
Original language description
The aim of this extended review essay is to discuss the potential relevance of degrowth-aligned social-ecological transformation for the specific context of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). We frame this discussion around three recent books which we consider especially useful for this debate: The Future is Degrowth by Schmelzer et al. (2022, in Czech 2023) for an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the concept of degrowth; Marx in the Anthropocene by Saito (2023) for an ecologically grounded debate on anticapitalist strategies stemming from writings of late Marx; and The Political Economy of Middle Class Politics and the Global Crisis in Eastern Europe by Gagyi (2021) that empirically analyses the specific position of the CEE semiperiphery and its implications for a radical social-ecological transformation. We introduce and interlink the main ideas of these books and discuss their implications for the degrowth movement in the CEE context. We argue that to deeply transform our socio-metabolic relation with nature, it is crucial to cultivate and expand spaces of reproductive autonomy, and link them to struggles of labour and social movements. We conclude by emphasising the role of internationalism from below.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50902 - Social sciences, interdisciplinary
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Czech Journal of International Relations
ISSN
2788-2985
e-ISSN
2788-2993
Volume of the periodical
59
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
32
Pages from-to
115-146
UT code for WoS article
001422141500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85205221899