MAKING SENSE OF THE GREEN ECONOMY |
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Authors: | Federico Caprotti Ian Bailey |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Geography, King's College London, , Strand, London WC2R 2LS United Kingdom;2. School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, , Plymouth PL4 8AA United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | This special issue editorial explores potential research interfaces between human geography and the rapidly unfolding concept and practices of the “green economy”. The article outlines a range of critical issues about the green economy that are particularly pertinent and suited to geographical analysis. The first concerns questions around the construction of the green economy concept and critical questioning of current, largely hegemonic neoliberal, growth‐focused and technocentric definitions of the green economy. The second broaches the spatial complexities of green economic transitions, while the third discusses the need for critical appraisal of the logics and mechanisms of governance and transition that see the green economy as a key mechanism for economic, social and environmental change. The fourth focuses on the crucial issue of micro‐level and individual practices and behaviour, and on links between individual behaviour and wider economic‐environmental governance and economic systems. Finally, the article discusses the need for scholars to engage in imaginative consideration of alternatives to current, growth‐focused paradigms and conceptualizations of the green economy. |
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Keywords: | green economy green growth scale governance transition alternatives |
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