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    What is Degrowth? From an Activist Slogan to a Social Movement
    with Federico Demaria, Filka Sekulova, and Joan Martinez-Alier
    Environmental Values 22 (2): 191-215. 2013.
    Degrowth is the literal translation of 'decroissance', a French word meaning reduction. Launched by activists in 2001 as a challenge to growth, it became a missile word that sparks a contentious debate on the diagnosis and prognosis of our society. 'Degrowth' became an interpretative frame for a new (and old) social movement where numerous streams of critical ideas and political actions converge. It is an attempt to re-politicise debates about desired socio-environmental futures and an example o…Read more