Why are we growth-addicted? The hard way towards degrowth in the involutionary western development path

Griethuysen, Pascal van

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.07.006

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“…These publications are not directly related to the topics of innovation for development and poverty reduction, thus, for the sake of brevity we do not treat it here in details. It is enough to say here, that this very small minority (i.e., the 'transformation' group) openly question the model of development that has been promoted in the post-WWII era (Fournier, 2008;Kallis, 2011;van Griethuysen, 2010). This community questions the basis of the notion of development and progress: i.e.…”

Section: Innovation As a Battle Field Of Competing Narrativesmentioning

confidence: 94%

Innovation for development and poverty reduction: an integrative literature review

Pansera

Martinez

2017

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Purpose This paper develops a critical analysis of the innovation discourse, arguing that a more contextualised understanding of the challenges of innovation for development and poverty reduction in low income economies will help us to unravel new development opportunities and provide alternatives to conventional capitalist paths to innovation. Design/methodology/approachWe offer an integrative review of the literatures addressing the topic of innovation emerging from within developing countries. We argue that a literature review that offers an initial conceptualisation and synthesis of the literature to date on the theme of innovation from within developing countries provides for a more valuable contribution than a reconceptualization of existing models. FindingsThe article highlights different narratives of innovation, their emergence their implications. Originality/valueThis article shows that the recent evolution of the discourse of development is increasingly intertwined with elements that originated in other discursive worlds. The last three decades of innovation research have been characterised by a 'cross-pollination' between different disciplines: development studies, science and technology studies (STS), business management and organization studies.

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Section: Innovation As a Battle Field Of Competing Narrativesmentioning

confidence: 94%

Innovation for development and poverty reduction: an integrative literature review

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Martinez

2017

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“…SS, in turn, argues that the current economic system is incompatible with finite ecological boundaries (York & Rosa, 2003;Naess & Høyer, 2009). The growth imperative, inherent to the capitalist system (Spangenberg, 2010;van Griethuysen, 2010), is viewed as continuously offsetting any relative improvements through rebound effects (Sanne, 2001). Capital freed through cost reducing ecoefficiency improvements is re-invested thereby accelerating resource exploitation and waste production.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Inertia and change related to sustainability – An institutional approach

Stål

2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

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PostprintThis is the accepted version of a paper published in Journal of Cleaner Production. This paper has been peer-reviewed but does not include the final publisher proof-corrections or journal pagination.Citation for the original published paper (version of record): Stål, H. (2015)Inertia and change related to sustainability: an institutional approach. Journal of Cleaner Production INERTIA AND CHANGE RELATED TO SUSTAINABILITY -AN INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH ABSTRACTDespite increased awareness of environmental crisis and social inequity the world is becoming more, not less, unsustainable. Obviously there is great inertia, a disinclination to enact change, in for instance environmentally detrimental practices. While there is much in the literature to explain inertia at the individual, organizational and societal level, there is a gap concerning approaches that focus upon the industrial level. This paper addresses this gap by developing an analytical approach based upon institutional theory brought together with the ontological principles of strong sustainability. Two interrelated case studies, concerning greenhouse gas reduction in the Swedish agri-field, are used to develop the approach. The empirical results show that greenhouse gas reduction is used in support for convergent changes within the industry, for instance to motivate increased efficiency and yields. Hence, the paper contributes to the sustainable development-literature by providing an analytical approach that can be utilized to increase the understanding of change processes at the industrial level. This approach is then discussed and further developed to accommodate for the case results.

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“…(Nierling, 2012). Discourses of the kind face major resistance and inertia from deeply rooted drivers such as material welfare, mimetic desire and property (expansion) as dominant inter-individual psychology and socio-economic processes (Girard, 1988;Lebreton et al, 2012;Van Griethuysen, 2010).…”

Section: 'Alternative Growth' Is An Emerging Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%