Schmid Making Transformative Geographies

Lessons from Stuttgart's Community Economy
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-8394-5140-3
Verlag: transcript
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 37, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm

Reihe: Sozial- und Kulturgeographie

In the light of social and environmental unsustainability and injustice, the continuing attachment to the idea that a growth-based economy is reconcilable with human prosperity and ecological limits seems increasingly implausible. Tracing and dissecting the complexities of social change, 'Making Transformative Geographies' speaks about the development of visions, alternatives, and strategies for a radical transformation beyond accumulation and growth. Covering an empirical sample of 24 eco-social organizations, projects, and groupings in the city of Stuttgart (Germany), the book 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 civic engagement for shifting transformative geographies towards a degrowth trajectory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schmid, Benedikt

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Über Autor(innen)

Schmid, Benedikt
Benedikt Schmid (Dr.), geb. 1988, ist Akademischer Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl Geographie des Globalen Wandels an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. In seiner Forschung untersucht er die Institutionalisierung von Praktiken und Organisationsformen mit sozial-ökologischen Zielsetzungen mit besonderem Fokus auf Transformationsprozessen hin zu nachhaltigen und wachstumsunabhängigen Wirtschaftsformen.

Benedikt Schmid holds a doctorate in geography from the University of Luxembourg and is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the chair Geography of Global Change at the University of Freiburg. His research focusses on the role of community initiatives and social enterprises in the transition towards a post-growth economy.