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