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

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 590-595

  van Griethuysen, Pascal ^a  

^a GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Degrowth; Lock in; Path dependence; Property

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT PATH; ECONOMIC CRISIS; ECONOMIC RATIONALITY; LOCK-IN; PATH DEPENDENCE; SOCIAL NORM; SOCIOECONOMIC PROCESS;

ECONOMICS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 77649274119     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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