Enough!: A Modest Political Ecology for an Uncertain Future

Enough! insists there is enough for all. Creating such a future is not about producing more or living with less. Instead, it starts with rethinking our politics, economics and approach to livelihoods. Mary Lawhon and Tyler McCreary develop a "modest approach" to justice and sustainability, drawing on ecology and postcolonial theory, as well as their research on infrastructure in African cities and the Canadian north. The authors chart a pathway beyond modernist and arcadian environmentalisms, emphasizing uncertainty while holding onto hope for creating better worlds. The chapters tack between conceptual contours, concrete examples, proposed inventions, and personal narrative. Theorizing from the struggles of the global south and Indigenous peoples, Enough! proposes delinking livelihoods from work through a redistributive basic income, which enables enough without overreliance on modern states. It also enables us to prevent conflicts over jobs, reduce some types of production, and deploy resources towards building postcapitalist worlds.

Author: Mary Lawhon, Tyler McCreary
Publisher: Agenda Publishing
Published: 09/05/2023
Pages: 188
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781788216203
ISBN10: 1788216202
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Human Geography
- Business & Economics | Development | Sustainable Development
- Business & Economics | Environmental Economics