1st Edition

Degrowth, Depth and Hope in Sustainable Business Reflections from Denmark, Finland and Sweden

By Iana Nesterova Copyright 2025
184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

This book takes degrowth theorising in the direction of honouring collaboration, creating new dialogues and emphasising growth and human capacities. Traditionally, degrowth theorising has focussed on reduction and non‑growth. While the ecological concerns of degrowth scholarship are felt acutely by many, the suggestion of “less” can be experienced as undesirable, going against who we are as... Read more

Table of Contents

 

Chapter 1. Introduction

 

Chapter 2. Degrowth business

 

Chapter 3. Depths of relatedness, sufficiency, and circularity

 

Chapter 4. Humanism and hope

 

Chapter 5. Imperfection of the journeys

 

Chapter 6. Reflections from Denmark

 

Chapter 7. Reflections from Finland

 

Chapter 8. Reflections from Sweden

 

Chapter 9. Degrowth and consumption

 

Chapter 10. Conclusions and steps forward

 

References

 

Index

 

 

 

Biography

Iana Nesterova is a researcher at Roskilde University, Denmark, and a long‑term practitioner of voluntary simplicity. Her research on business and degrowth transformations has been published in the leading journals in the field of sustainable organisations, including Ecological Economics and Journal of Cleaner Production and Futures.