Abstract
This article adds important post-growth and ecological–economic perspectives to the growing debate on Irish reunification by placing the planetary emergency at the heart of the political economy of the issue. An account is provided of overlapping and interlinked global ecological crises, and the case is made that any argument for or against Irish reunification is ill-informed and incomplete without an understanding and acknowledgement of our stark and unstable planetary future. Moreover, this contribution to the debate presents some post-growth political economy perspectives that identify economic growth as the driver of ecological breakdown. Therefore, the Irish unity project (and all those involved in the debate, both for and against) must consider a post-growth position rooted in science-based and non-negotiable ecological realities. An ecological–economic and socio-economic critique of growth regimes, often proposed as the basis of a united Ireland economy, is presented to advance the need for a post-growth alternative.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 373-405 |
Number of pages | 33 |
Journal | Irish Studies in International Affairs |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- United Ireland
- Irish Reunification
- post-growth economics
- climate crisis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Development
- Economics and Econometrics
- Political Science and International Relations
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Measuring the transition: developing an ecological economic indicator framework for a post-growth future
Fearon, S. (Author), Andreasson, S. (Supervisor) & Barry, J. (Supervisor), Dec 2023Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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