Post-growth economics: a must for planetary health justice
Abstract Within the global health field, progress is being made to adopt a justice and sustainability-centred approach by advancing what has been named a planetary health agenda. Meanwhile, an increasing number of global health scholars argue for the decolonisation of the field. Yet, amongst these c...
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| author | Winne Fleur van Woerden Remco van de Pas Joel Curtain |
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| description | Abstract Within the global health field, progress is being made to adopt a justice and sustainability-centred approach by advancing what has been named a planetary health agenda. Meanwhile, an increasing number of global health scholars argue for the decolonisation of the field. Yet, amongst these collective efforts to ‘transform’ global health thinking, a thorough analysis of political economy dimensions is often missing. ‘Growthism’, the belief that more production is necessarily good, continues to prevail. Truly committing to a decolonial eco-just global health agenda requires addressing the continuation of colonial arrangements within the structure of the global economy, removing growth dependencies and ushering in post-growth policies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-89e6ce44495947e283661e0a8339e9c52023-11-26T14:33:19ZengBMCGlobalization and Health1744-86032023-08-011911610.1186/s12992-023-00957-2Post-growth economics: a must for planetary health justiceWinne Fleur van Woerden0Remco van de Pas1Joel Curtain2Programcoordinator Degrowth & Care Economy, Commons NetworkCentre for Planetary Health PolicyUniversitat Autònoma BarcelonaAbstract Within the global health field, progress is being made to adopt a justice and sustainability-centred approach by advancing what has been named a planetary health agenda. Meanwhile, an increasing number of global health scholars argue for the decolonisation of the field. Yet, amongst these collective efforts to ‘transform’ global health thinking, a thorough analysis of political economy dimensions is often missing. ‘Growthism’, the belief that more production is necessarily good, continues to prevail. Truly committing to a decolonial eco-just global health agenda requires addressing the continuation of colonial arrangements within the structure of the global economy, removing growth dependencies and ushering in post-growth policies.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-023-00957-2Planetary HealthDecolonizationPost-growth EconomicsEcological justice |
| spellingShingle | Winne Fleur van Woerden Remco van de Pas Joel Curtain Post-growth economics: a must for planetary health justice Globalization and Health Planetary Health Decolonization Post-growth Economics Ecological justice |
| title | Post-growth economics: a must for planetary health justice |
| title_full | Post-growth economics: a must for planetary health justice |
| title_fullStr | Post-growth economics: a must for planetary health justice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Post-growth economics: a must for planetary health justice |
| title_short | Post-growth economics: a must for planetary health justice |
| title_sort | post growth economics a must for planetary health justice |
| topic | Planetary Health Decolonization Post-growth Economics Ecological justice |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-023-00957-2 |
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