2021
DOI: 10.1007/s11609-021-00438-6
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The black hole of unsustainability. A critical discussion of Ingolfur Blühdorn’s approach

Abstract: ZusammenfassungIngolfur Blühdorn hat in den vergangenen Jahren in vielen kritischen Beiträgen die These vertreten, dass wir uns entgegen den „naiven Hoffnungserzählungen“ der transformativen Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in einem strukturell geschlossenen System der „nachhaltigen Nicht-Nachhaltigkeit“ bewegen. Sein Forschungsinteresse zielt auf die Klärung der Frage, warum sich dieses System der „Nicht-Nachhaltigkeit“ trotz des gestiegenen Umweltbewusstseins und aller Nachhaltigkeitsaktivitäten über Jahrzehnte hinw… Show more

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“…Barriers that could be changed by a manageable number of actors without significantly overturning power relations can be seen as "shallow." Policies are a political structural factor referenced most frequently in the literature, with scholars emphasizing that weak policies form a major barrier to transformation (Larsen et al, 2011;Antal and van den Bergh, 2014;Grosjean et al, 2016;Mercure et al, 2016;Spash, 2016;Beck and Mahony, 2018;Gunderson et al, 2018;Henders et al, 2018;Jackson and Smith, 2018;Mathy et al, 2018;Gossen et al, 2019;Anderson et al, 2020;Chan et al, 2020;Somerville, 2020;Streck, 2020;Brand, 2021). Practical examples of policy weakness include loopholes that allow jurisdictions to externalize footprints and meet (their individual) targets by importing rather than producing resource-intensive commodities.…”
Section: Shallow Barriersmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Barriers that could be changed by a manageable number of actors without significantly overturning power relations can be seen as "shallow." Policies are a political structural factor referenced most frequently in the literature, with scholars emphasizing that weak policies form a major barrier to transformation (Larsen et al, 2011;Antal and van den Bergh, 2014;Grosjean et al, 2016;Mercure et al, 2016;Spash, 2016;Beck and Mahony, 2018;Gunderson et al, 2018;Henders et al, 2018;Jackson and Smith, 2018;Mathy et al, 2018;Gossen et al, 2019;Anderson et al, 2020;Chan et al, 2020;Somerville, 2020;Streck, 2020;Brand, 2021). Practical examples of policy weakness include loopholes that allow jurisdictions to externalize footprints and meet (their individual) targets by importing rather than producing resource-intensive commodities.…”
Section: Shallow Barriersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, the hegemony of the growth paradigm remains a dominant ideational barrier to politicians' willingness to pursue changes to the economic and social order (Spangenberg, 2013;Antal and van den Bergh, 2014;Bakker et al, 2014;Spash, 2016;Gunderson et al, 2018;Fletcher et al, 2019;Gossen et al, 2019;Anderson et al, 2020;Brand et al, 2020;Brand, 2021;Pichler et al, 2021). This includes the presumption that growth is progress, its absence leads to instability and recession, and that growth is necessary to preserve jobs and the welfare state (Antal and van den Bergh, 2014).…”
Section: Deep Barriersmentioning
confidence: 99%
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