https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328718300715
“Even though the academic and activist degrowth community has expanded over the last few years, evidenced by a growing number of degrowth conferences, initiatives and academic publications, the degrowth idea remains marginalised within the political mainstream and wider public debates and has not yet sparked a “repoliticisation” of the broader public.”
“‘Experts’ could, for example, contribute to such forums with information on the size of ecological footprints that are within sustainable levels, while the whole forum could deliberate on what kind of lifestyles and production patterns this may allow.“
“When it comes to identities and social relations, Marxists for instance would argue that degrowth would require a dissolution of the distinction between workers and capitalists. A radical transformation of relationships would also be needed in other domains, e.g. between men and women, human and nature, rich and poor countries, current and future generations. The transition to degrowth would need to be organised in ways that carefully manage these conflicts, especially as available material and financial resources will be diminishing over time in this process. An equitable distribution of resources and of decision-making powers will be essential for this process, as the degrowth literature has stressed. A range of very valuable policy proposals have been made that could support these changes, including a reduction of working hours, a basic income, a reform of the financial and monetary system, a cooperatively organised economy, etc. (e.g. Dietz & O’Neill, 2013). In actual fact, there is no shortage of proposals for alternative degrowth policies. The more fundamental challenge is to figure out how to transition towards them, given that they will require radical change in underlying cultural values.”