This paper addresses the scope for action by municipalities in a climate emergency and places it in the framework of ecomodern (urban) policy. We analyse the way in which two German ‘climate emergency municipalities’ translate conflicts of post-fossil transformation into concrete political...

Purpose - This paper aims to determine the status of the socialist market economy through a logical analysis of the evolution of economic systems in human society. Design/methodology/approach - This paper presents an analysis of uncertainty and the functions performed by different economic...

This paper traces the links between post-socialist transformations and the degrowth movement. Based on a series of workshops entitled “Degrowth Enthusiasm and the Eastern Blues” that we organised in recent years, this paper focuses on the following questions: what can we learn from the...

Climate change, ecological challenges, and economic and social crises imply paradigmatic and structural innovations. In the effort to drive transition toward sustainability, local communities often take the lead, mobilize support, and organize initiatives based on the principles of solidarity...

It is generally assumed that transitioning to a “green” economy will require industries to change the activities in which they engage. This, in turn, will induce changes in employment that some assert could eliminate entire workforce segments and require significant reskilling of others....