Post-Capitalist Futures

1. Front Matter

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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

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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.

• post-capitalism
• alternatives
• mechanisms for change
• new economic forms
• social movements
• socio-ecological pressures
• power relations
• political dystopias
• utopian speculation
• technology and automation
• degrowth

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

  Samuel Alexander, Sangeetha Chandrashekeran, Brendan Gleeson

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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