Max Koch
FD och habilitation i sociologi från Freie Universität Berlin | Professor
Welfare after Growth: Theoretical Discussion and Policy Implications
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Summary, in English
The article discusses approaches to welfare under no-growth conditions and against the background of the growing significance of climate change as a socio-ecological issue. While most governments and scholars favor “green deal” solutions for tackling the climate crisis, a growing number of discussants are casting doubt on economic growth as the answer to it and have provided empirical evidence that the prospects for globally decoupling economic growth and carbon emissions are very low indeed. These doubts are supported by recent
contributions on happiness, well-being and alternative measures of measuring prosperity, which indicate that individual and social welfare is by no means equivalent to GDP growth.If the requirements of prosperity and welfare go well beyond material sustenance, then
approaches that aim to conceptualize welfare under the circumstances of a “stable state economy” become more relevant. A qualitatively different environmental and welfare policy governance network would need to integrate the redistribution of carbon emissions, work,
time, income and wealth. Since social policies will be necessary to address the emerging inequalities and conflicts, this article considers the roles that the various “no-growth”
approaches dedicate to social policy and welfare instruments.
contributions on happiness, well-being and alternative measures of measuring prosperity, which indicate that individual and social welfare is by no means equivalent to GDP growth.If the requirements of prosperity and welfare go well beyond material sustenance, then
approaches that aim to conceptualize welfare under the circumstances of a “stable state economy” become more relevant. A qualitatively different environmental and welfare policy governance network would need to integrate the redistribution of carbon emissions, work,
time, income and wealth. Since social policies will be necessary to address the emerging inequalities and conflicts, this article considers the roles that the various “no-growth”
approaches dedicate to social policy and welfare instruments.
Avdelning/ar
- Socialhögskolan
Publiceringsår
2013
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
4-20
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
International Journal of Social Quality
Volym
3
Issue
1
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Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Berghahn Journals
Ämne
- Social Work
Nyckelord
- climate change
- no-growth
- political ecology
- social policy
- welfare
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1757-0352