Postgrowth and Wellbeing

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Capitalist development and the growth paradigm.- Chapter 3 Growth and the welfare state as we know it.- Chapter 4 Critiques of growth.- Chapter 5 Postgrowth and human wellbeing.- Chapter 6: The generation of human wellbeing - social practices theory.- Chapter 7: Welfare in a global steady-state economy.- Chapter 8: Conclusions.

Milena Büchs is Associate Professor in Sustainability, Economics and Low Carbon Transitions, University of Leeds, UK.

Max Koch is Professor in Social Policy at Lund University, Sweden.

"Post-growth and Well-being is a timely and systematic account of the post-growth literature. The book methodically highlights important social science theories and approaches towards a sustainable economy and the implications for both environmental and human well-being. ... Overall the authors present complicated and, arguably, potentially disempowering ideas to the reader in a clear and concise manner ... ." (Rachel Manning, Environmental Values, Vol. 27 (06), December, 2018)




"This concise and comprehensible book provides a very gratifying and manageable reading experience. The structure of the book is coherent with short chapters each beginning with an abstract and ending with an informative conclusion. ... highly recommended reading for all interested in the future of welfare systems and the sustainability of income protection." (Tuuli Hirvilammi, Basic Income Studies, July, 2018)




"Postgrowth and Wellbeing should serve as a reference work for scholars, students and activists engaged in supporting societal transitions towards post-growth societies. Büch and Koch ... stress that, unless the socioeconomic, technological and political articulations framing unsustainable practices are addressed simultaneously, basic needs for health and autonomy may suffer." (Monica Guillen-Royo, Ecological Economics, Vol. 146, April, 2018)