Making Transformative Geographies: Lessons from Stuttgart's Community Economy

By Benedikt Schmid

In the light of social and environmental unsustainability and injustice, the continuing attachment to the idea that a growth-based economy is reconcilable with ecological limits seems increasingly implausible. Tracing and dissecting the complexities of social change, Benedikt Schmid speaks about the development of visions, alternatives, and strategies for a radical transformation beyond growth-based economies. Covering an empirical sample of 24 eco-social organizations, projects, and groupings in the city of Stuttgart (Germany), the study drills down into the social, spatial, and strategic dimensions of transformation. It advances a conceptually and empirically grounded assessment of the possibilities and limitations of community activism and civil engagement in shifting transformative geographies towards a degrowth trajectory.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3837651401
• ISBN13: 9783837651409
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Transcript Publishing
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"