Scharbert, Annika Regine, Leubolt, Bernhard, Scholz-Wäckerle, Manuel. 2014. Any alternatives left? From green narratives of change to socio-ecological transformative utopias. A cultural political economy framework. 1st Austrian Conference on International Resource Politics, Wien, Österreich, 04.12.-06.12.
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Any alternatives left? From green narratives of change to socio-ecological transformative utopias. A cultural political economy framework This contribution explores current narratives of 'Green Capitalism'. Theoretically grounded in a cultural political economy approach it discusses the question of hegemony. Thereby we understand the so-called greening of the economy as a hegemonic battle, where institutions occupy certain positions based on political economic interests and strategies. The hegemonic discourse treats nature as a financial asset and investment, always subject to capital accumulation. Differing visions oscillate between neo-conservative state capitalism, a distributional perspective following the Keynesian agenda and the Green New Deal. We suggest deconstructing this discourse based on a Marxist reading of capital and nature as social relations. We highlight the co-opting effect of the dominant strategy in these discursive manifestations. Employing the Gramscian notion of hegemony as a social structure that advances the interests of a specific social group but also offers the possibility of disequilibrium and change, we focus on the interplay of material capabilities, ideas and institutions. A coherence of these aspects plays a role in, on the one hand, the maintenance of power and, on the other, the shifting balance of power between state and non-state actors. The notion of transnational alliances, especially a transnational managerial elite, is central, recognizing the increasing importance of a multi-scalar understanding of economic policy and institutions.
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Status of publication | Published |
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Affiliation | WU |
Type of publication | Paper presented at an academic conference or symposium |
Language | English |
Title | Any alternatives left? From green narratives of change to socio-ecological transformative utopias. A cultural political economy framework |
Event | 1st Austrian Conference on International Resource Politics |
Year | 2014 |
Date | 04.12.-06.12. |
Country | Austria |
Location | Wien |
URL | https://resourcefairness.univie.ac.at/ |
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- Scharbert, Annika Regine (Former researcher)
- Leubolt, Bernhard (Former researcher)
- Scholz-Wäckerle, Manuel (Details)
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- Institute for Multi-Level Governance and Development IN (Details)
- Institute for Ecological Economics IN (Details)
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- 1426 Evolution (Details)
- 2928 Environmental economics (Details)
- 5000 Social Sciences (Details)
- 5119 Development policy (Details)
- 5325 Political economics (Details)
- 5334 Political economic policy (Details)
- 5335 Political economic theory (Details)
- 5341 Economic policy (Details)
- 5353 Environmental economics (Details)
- 5368 Sustainable development, sustainable economics (Details)
- 5410 Cultural science (Details)
- 5411 Social philosophy (Details)
- 5415 Economic sociology (Details)
- 5912 Social sciences (interdisciplinary) (Details)
- 5924 Environmental economics (Details)