Andrew Dobson

Professor of Politics at Keele University. Author of the 4th edition Green Political (2006). His most recent book is Listening for Democracy: Recognition, Representation, Reconciliation (2014)

Andrew Dobson

The Politics of Post-Growth

A post-growth world is inevitable. More technically, there is no evidence for the possibility of the absolute decoupling of economic growth and environmental degradation. The question is: will the post-growth world be unplanned or planned, catastrophic or benign?



Andrew Dobson

Sustainability Citizenship

Dobson argues that government obsession with financial incentives, or with the politics of nudging people to do the right thing, is undermining the creation of an ethically-based sustainability citizenship. And it is only with the latter that we will make long-term changes to how we live.