Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/273780 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
ICAE Working Paper Series No. 142
Publisher: 
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Institute for Comprehensive Analysis of the Economy (ICAE), Linz
Abstract: 
We conduct a systematic literature review comprising both a quantitative and qualitative content analysis of the academic degrowth literature considering the Global South, and delineate substantive and methodological implications for future research. We find two main narratives: one stressing synergies, i.e. commonalities among Global South and Global North perspectives on degrowth, and another highlighting challenges, i.e. a constructive discussion of a range of challenges that emerge in this context. Our review reveals, inter alia, that the existing literature focuses mainly on the synergy narrative, and that there is a strong focus on theoretical and qualitative methodology. We argue that future research might want to put more emphasis on the investigation of structural dependencies between the North and South, using a broader methodological toolkit than so far. Only then one can effectively address the twin problem of global dependencies: the fact that within the current institutional framework, these dependencies are a motivation for and a potential obstacle to degrowth at the same time.
Subjects: 
Degrowth
Global South
structural dependencies
decolonization
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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