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Degrowth: tentative ideas about a research agenda Giorgos Kallis, ICREA Researcher 2nd International Conference on Degrowth, Barcelona, 28 March 2010
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1. What is degrowth?
Three notions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The degrowth propositions ,[object Object],[object Object]
2. State of degrowth research
Strengths ,[object Object],[object Object]
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3. Tentative research agenda
Tentative research agenda ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Strengthen propositions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Unsustainability of growth ,[object Object]
Sustainability of degrowth ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
How to? The process of transition ,[object Object],[object Object]
The end state ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Contradictions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Theory ,[object Object],[object Object]
What is a theory ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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