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17 Dependency, Delinking and Degrowth in a New Developmental Era: Debates from Argentina

  • Mariano Féliz
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De Gruyter Handbook of Degrowth
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Abstract

The degrowth debate in the North can and must be linked to debates in peripheral, dependent economies. In Argentina, the hegemony of development-oriented, pro-growth strategies has been confronted by Marxian dependency theory. MDT can fruitfully engage with the degrowth proposal in that both assume that a radical transformation of economies and policies is needed to overcome the current global capitalist crisis. MDT shows that new green development policy initiatives in the peripheries only reproduce the growth imperative and the destruction of life sustainability on a broader scale. In the tradition of Marxian dependency theory, this paper argues how degrowth in the peripheries is synonymous with decoupling. Indeed, the unbundling of dependent economies is the only path to radical social change. However, unbundling not only involves confronting current green development initiatives, but also requires the elaboration of new goals and policies. These proposals, in line with delinking and degrowth, should completely change the way our societies are organised. These initiatives must cut the ties that plunder territories and peoples on the margins, putting an end to unequal exchange and super-exploitation while creating a new form of social reproduction centred on life. In this way, the current dialogue between MDT and radical ecological and feminist traditions has the power to strengthen some of the elements put forward by degrowth literature.

Abstract

The degrowth debate in the North can and must be linked to debates in peripheral, dependent economies. In Argentina, the hegemony of development-oriented, pro-growth strategies has been confronted by Marxian dependency theory. MDT can fruitfully engage with the degrowth proposal in that both assume that a radical transformation of economies and policies is needed to overcome the current global capitalist crisis. MDT shows that new green development policy initiatives in the peripheries only reproduce the growth imperative and the destruction of life sustainability on a broader scale. In the tradition of Marxian dependency theory, this paper argues how degrowth in the peripheries is synonymous with decoupling. Indeed, the unbundling of dependent economies is the only path to radical social change. However, unbundling not only involves confronting current green development initiatives, but also requires the elaboration of new goals and policies. These proposals, in line with delinking and degrowth, should completely change the way our societies are organised. These initiatives must cut the ties that plunder territories and peoples on the margins, putting an end to unequal exchange and super-exploitation while creating a new form of social reproduction centred on life. In this way, the current dialogue between MDT and radical ecological and feminist traditions has the power to strengthen some of the elements put forward by degrowth literature.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Acknowledgements VII
  3. Contents IX
  4. List of Contributors XIII
  5. Foreword 1
  6. Introduction – Degrowth: Swimming Against the Ideological Tide 7
  7. Part I: Degrowth Agendas
  8. Introduction 23
  9. 1 ‘Without Growth, Everything is Nothing’: On the Origins of Growthism 25
  10. 2 Degrowth: Monetary and Nonmonetary Economies 41
  11. 3 Critiques of Work: The Radical Roots of Degrowth 55
  12. 4 Cultural Political Economy and Degrowth Politics 75
  13. 5 Sustainable Welfare: Decoupling Welfare from Growth and Prioritising Needs Satisfaction for All 89
  14. Part II: Degrowth in Practice
  15. Introduction 107
  16. 6 How and Who? The Debate About a Strategy for Degrowth 109
  17. 7 Translating Degrowth: From Policy Proposals to Praxis 129
  18. 8 Living in Abundance: Tool Libraries for Convivial Degrowth 149
  19. 9 Materialising Degrowth Agrifood Architecture with Earth 167
  20. 10 They Want Us to Live in Caves: Degrowth and the Housing Question 191
  21. Part III: The Urban and the Rural
  22. Introduction 211
  23. 11 The Case for Solidary Degrowth Spaces. Five Propositions on the Challenging Project of Spatialising Degrowth 213
  24. 12 Urban Degrowth 233
  25. 13 Land Commodification: A Structural Barrier to Degrowth Transition 251
  26. 14 Agroecology as Degrowth in Practice: Resistance Rooted in Human- Nature Relationality 273
  27. 15 Organising Nature Through Urban Gardening 291
  28. Part IV: Critical Connections
  29. Introduction 309
  30. 16 Interlocking Crises, Intersectional Visions: Ecofeminist Political Economy in Conversation with Degrowth 311
  31. 17 Dependency, Delinking and Degrowth in a New Developmental Era: Debates from Argentina 327
  32. 18 Degrowth and Psychoanalysis: From Transition to Transformation 339
  33. 19 Degrowth Disagreements with Marxism: Critical Perspectives on the Fetishisation of Value and Productivity 361
  34. 20 Not Just Newer, but Fewer: A Bridge Between Ecomodernism and Degrowth? 377
  35. Part V: Degrowth and the Global South
  36. Introduction 395
  37. 21 From Marxist Development Theories to Their Translation in the Degrowth Discourse: Transforming Unequal International Structures for Environmental Sustainability 397
  38. 22 Radical Ecological Democracy: Reflections from the South on Degrowth 417
  39. 23 Degrowth Beyond the Metropole: Theory and Praxis for a Revolutionary Degrowth 427
  40. 24 Growing Degrowth: Alliances with Environmental Movements in the Global South 447
  41. 25 ‘For the Greater Good’– Green Sacrifice Zones and Subaltern Resistance: The Politics and Potential of Degrowth and Post-Extractivist Futures 461
  42. List of Figures 479
  43. About the Editors 481
  44. Index 483
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110778359-023

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Acknowledgements VII
  3. Contents IX
  4. List of Contributors XIII
  5. Foreword 1
  6. Introduction – Degrowth: Swimming Against the Ideological Tide 7
  7. Part I: Degrowth Agendas
  8. Introduction 23
  9. 1 ‘Without Growth, Everything is Nothing’: On the Origins of Growthism 25
  10. 2 Degrowth: Monetary and Nonmonetary Economies 41
  11. 3 Critiques of Work: The Radical Roots of Degrowth 55
  12. 4 Cultural Political Economy and Degrowth Politics 75
  13. 5 Sustainable Welfare: Decoupling Welfare from Growth and Prioritising Needs Satisfaction for All 89
  14. Part II: Degrowth in Practice
  15. Introduction 107
  16. 6 How and Who? The Debate About a Strategy for Degrowth 109
  17. 7 Translating Degrowth: From Policy Proposals to Praxis 129
  18. 8 Living in Abundance: Tool Libraries for Convivial Degrowth 149
  19. 9 Materialising Degrowth Agrifood Architecture with Earth 167
  20. 10 They Want Us to Live in Caves: Degrowth and the Housing Question 191
  21. Part III: The Urban and the Rural
  22. Introduction 211
  23. 11 The Case for Solidary Degrowth Spaces. Five Propositions on the Challenging Project of Spatialising Degrowth 213
  24. 12 Urban Degrowth 233
  25. 13 Land Commodification: A Structural Barrier to Degrowth Transition 251
  26. 14 Agroecology as Degrowth in Practice: Resistance Rooted in Human- Nature Relationality 273
  27. 15 Organising Nature Through Urban Gardening 291
  28. Part IV: Critical Connections
  29. Introduction 309
  30. 16 Interlocking Crises, Intersectional Visions: Ecofeminist Political Economy in Conversation with Degrowth 311
  31. 17 Dependency, Delinking and Degrowth in a New Developmental Era: Debates from Argentina 327
  32. 18 Degrowth and Psychoanalysis: From Transition to Transformation 339
  33. 19 Degrowth Disagreements with Marxism: Critical Perspectives on the Fetishisation of Value and Productivity 361
  34. 20 Not Just Newer, but Fewer: A Bridge Between Ecomodernism and Degrowth? 377
  35. Part V: Degrowth and the Global South
  36. Introduction 395
  37. 21 From Marxist Development Theories to Their Translation in the Degrowth Discourse: Transforming Unequal International Structures for Environmental Sustainability 397
  38. 22 Radical Ecological Democracy: Reflections from the South on Degrowth 417
  39. 23 Degrowth Beyond the Metropole: Theory and Praxis for a Revolutionary Degrowth 427
  40. 24 Growing Degrowth: Alliances with Environmental Movements in the Global South 447
  41. 25 ‘For the Greater Good’– Green Sacrifice Zones and Subaltern Resistance: The Politics and Potential of Degrowth and Post-Extractivist Futures 461
  42. List of Figures 479
  43. About the Editors 481
  44. Index 483
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