Bärnthaler, R. orcid.org/0000-0003-3595-2127 (2024) Review of: In search of common ground to actualise the power of social ecological economics A review of Foundations of Social Ecological Economics: The Fight for Revolutionary Change in Economic Thought. Degrowth Journal, 2 (00082). ISSN: 2977-1951
Abstract
This book review discusses Clive Spash’s Foundations of Social Ecological Economics: The Fight for Revolutionary Change in Economic Thought. It summarises each chapter and highlights the book’s significance for degrowth scholarship. Additionally, it critiques Spash’s overly scholastic interpretation of judgmental rationality, which underestimates the significance of pragmatism in strategically important policy contexts. However, the review acknowledges the book as an unparalleled effort in outlining a consistent framework for social ecological economics grounded in an understanding of economies as social provisioning systems.
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Keywords: | social ecological economics; philosophy of science; degrowth; heterodox economics; paradigm |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2025 10:44 |
Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2025 10:44 |
Published Version: | https://www.degrowthjournal.org/publications/2024-... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Degrowth Journal |
Identification Number: | 10.36399/Degrowth.002.01.06 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:230997 |
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