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Post-Capitalist Futures

Paradigms, Politics, and Prospects

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Editors:
  1. Samuel Alexander

    1. Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

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  2. Sangeetha Chandrashekeran

    1. Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

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  3. Brendan Gleeson

    1. Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

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  • Brings together some of the boldest and most creative thinkers around the world
  • Explores and analyses the various ways post-capitalism may emerge
  • Pushes the frontiers of critical analysis and the imagination

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Samuel Alexander, Sangeetha Chandrashekeran, Brendan Gleeson
    Pages 1-20

  3. Alternative Paradigms for Post-Capitalist Futures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. The Race to Replace a Dying Neoliberalism

      • Walden Bello
      Pages 23-30

    3. Ecosocialism from a Post-Development Perspective

      • Anitra Nelson
      Pages 31-40

    4. Post-Capitalism Now: A Community Economies Approach

      • Jenny Cameron
      Pages 41-52

    5. Collective Sufficiency: Degrowth as a Political Project

      • Samuel Alexander, Brendan Gleeson
      Pages 53-64

    6. China: Capitalism and Change?

      • Michael Webber
      Pages 65-74

  4. Governing for Post-Capitalist Futures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. From Technological Utopianism to Universal Basic Services

      • Boris Frankel
      Pages 77-86

    3. Ecofeminist Political Economy: Critical Reflections on the Green New Deal

      • Christine Bauhardt
      Pages 87-95

    4. The Macroeconomics of Degrowth: Can Planned Economic Contraction Be Stable?

      • Steve Keen
      Pages 97-105

    5. Post-Capitalist Techno-Futures: Beyond Instrumental Utopianism

      • Sangeetha Chandrashekeran, Jathan Sadowski
      Pages 107-116

    6. Crises, COVID, and the Climate State

      • Peter Christoff
      Pages 117-126

  5. Post-Capitalist Geographies and Resistance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Localisation: The World Beyond Capitalism

      • Helena Norberg-Hodge
      Pages 129-140

    3. Indigenous Australians and Their Lands: Post-Capitalist Development Alternatives

      • Jon Altman
      Pages 141-151

    4. Environmental Justice Movements as Mediums of Post-Capitalist Futures: Perspectives from India

      • Brototi Roy
      Pages 153-163

    5. Careful Thinking: Pensar Cuidando—Henvupen Yaconso

      • Camila Marambio, Hema’ny Molina, Bárbara Saavedra
      Pages 165-178

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 179-184
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About this book

As the crises of capitalism continue to intensify, radical thinkers must conjure realistic and inspirational alternative futures beyond this failing social order. This book presents a stimulating array of essays exploring such post-capitalist futures. With contributions and perspectives from the Global North and Global South, central topics include ecosocialism, ecofeminism, degrowth, community economies, and the Green New Deal. There are also chapters offering analyses of land, energy, technology, universal basic services, and (re)localisation of economies. The book is in three parts. The first presents various alternative paradigms for thinking about – and working toward – post-capitalist futures. The second section offers perspectives on alternative governance strategies and approaches for post-capitalist futures. The closing section gathers various analyses of post-capitalist geographies and resistance. Going beyond critique and instead envisioning alternative imaginaries, this collection should challenge and inspire readers to think and act upon the range of possibilities immanent in our crisis-ridden present.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

    Samuel Alexander, Sangeetha Chandrashekeran, Brendan Gleeson

About the editors

Samuel Alexander is a Research Fellow with the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne.

Sangeetha Chandrashekeran is Deputy Director of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne.

Brendan Gleeson is Director of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne.


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