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Barca, Stefania Degrowth and the Liberation of Work 2019 Article Degrowth Degrowth, Liberation, Political Economy, Social Theory, Economics, Wage-Labor
Citation Barca, Stefania 2019 Article Towards a Political Economy of Degrowth Degrowth Liberation Political Economy Social Theory Economics Wage-Labor Degrowth

"Degrowth and the Liberation of Work"

by Barca, Stefania (2019)

Abstract

This chapter discusses the place of labour in the political economy of degrowth. The first section reviews a number of critical social theories that have variously contributed to what is currently the main degrowth approach to labour—namely, the “liberation from work” perspective. This emphasizes the need for reducing as much as possible production work in waged form while at the same time expanding autonomous reproduction and care work as key dimensions of a degrowth society.

Keywords

Degrowth, Liberation, Political Economy, Social Theory, Economics, Wage-Labor

Themes

Degrowth

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Citation

Barca, Stefania. “Degrowth and the Liberation of Work.” Towards a Political Economy of Degrowth, Rowman & Littlefield International, 2019, p. 175.

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