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TY - CHAP
T1 - The cultural political economy of research and innovation
T2 - meeting the problem of growth in the Anthropocene
AU - Tyfield, David
N1 - This is a draft chapter/article. The final version is available in Handbook of Critical Environmental Politics edited by Luigi Pellizzoni, Emanuele Leonardi, Viviana Asara published in 2022, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781839100673.00023 The material cannot be used for any other purpose without further permission of the publisher, and is for private use only.
PY - 2022/10/25
Y1 - 2022/10/25
N2 - The imperative of urgent global just transition presents a grievous challenge. Current forms of economic growth are fundamental drivers of planetary ecological destruction. Yet economic growth remains indispensable, if only to underpin the profound socio-technical transition needed for an alternative, sustainable economy. The chapter explores the cultural political economy of research and innovation (CPERI) as a promising perspective for thinking through and going beyond this growth paradox. Having introduced CPERI, the chapter illustrates its advantages with a key, but much-neglected, concrete example of the growth paradox, namely the contribution of a rising China to tackling climate emergency, as site of both significant innovation and massive, resource-intensive economic growth. Comparison is also drawn with two similar perspectives, namely degrowth and responsible stagnation. A strategic approach, like CPERI, is needed to open up the prevailing definition of the ‘growth’ to which society is currently committed, and with major transformations still ahead.
AB - The imperative of urgent global just transition presents a grievous challenge. Current forms of economic growth are fundamental drivers of planetary ecological destruction. Yet economic growth remains indispensable, if only to underpin the profound socio-technical transition needed for an alternative, sustainable economy. The chapter explores the cultural political economy of research and innovation (CPERI) as a promising perspective for thinking through and going beyond this growth paradox. Having introduced CPERI, the chapter illustrates its advantages with a key, but much-neglected, concrete example of the growth paradox, namely the contribution of a rising China to tackling climate emergency, as site of both significant innovation and massive, resource-intensive economic growth. Comparison is also drawn with two similar perspectives, namely degrowth and responsible stagnation. A strategic approach, like CPERI, is needed to open up the prevailing definition of the ‘growth’ to which society is currently committed, and with major transformations still ahead.
KW - CPERI (Cultural political economy of research & innovation)
KW - Growth paradox
KW - Degrowth
KW - Responsible stagnation
KW - China
KW - Phronesis
U2 - 10.4337/9781839100673.00023
DO - 10.4337/9781839100673.00023
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781839100666
T3 - Elgar Handbooks in Energy, the Environment and Climate Change
SP - 217
EP - 231
BT - Elgar Handbook of Critical Environmental Politics
A2 - Pellizzoni, Luigi
A2 - Leonardi, Emanuele
A2 - Asara, Viviana
PB - Edward Elgar
CY - Cheltenham
ER -