Other Worlds Are Possible : My Guide To Anti Capitalist Politics

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dc.contributor.advisorPodur, Justin
dc.contributor.authorAustini, Latanyaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-29T00:28:43Z
dc.date.available2018-06-29T00:28:43Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.updated2018-06-29T00:28:42Z
dc.description.abstractCapitalism as a global economic and social order is failing most citizens across the world. The current neoliberal capitalist model is committed to limitless growth based on ecological destruction, extreme levels of social inequality, the erosion of democracy and the dismantling of the welfare state. Citizens around the world have become increasingly conscious and critical of the failures of capitalism. From the Indignados movement in Spain to the rise of the Occupy Wall Street movement, there has been a renewed interest in the critical questioning of neoliberal capitalism as an economic system. With discontent of the status quo, there is discourse that suggests capitalism can recover and exit the current crisis which besets it, through the recalibrating of capitalism to value ecological resources and people. This paper covers a range of topics, including: degrowth, green growth, climate change and heterotopia. Not all of the authors discussed would identify themselves as anti-capitalist, and their political affiliations vary from non-partisan to anarchist. The common theme linking the authors is a concern arising from our current capitalist system.
dc.identifierMESMP02279
dc.identifier.citationMajor Paper, Master of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/34670
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subject.keywordsUrban Theory
dc.subject.keywordsAdaptation Planning
dc.subject.keywordsClimate Change
dc.subject.keywordsEnergy Transition
dc.subject.keywordsUrban Climate Politics
dc.titleOther Worlds Are Possible : My Guide To Anti Capitalist Politics
dc.typeMajor Paper

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