Making the Green Economy: Politics, Desire, and Economic Possibility

Boone Shear

This paper explores and compares the activities of two green economy coalitions. I investigate how social actors, including myself, have been negotiating, responding to, and producing the meaning of the green economy, and the meaning of "the economy" writ-large, through our political efforts. I am particularly interested in thinking about the ways in which the expression of different desires for economy can lead to openings, or closures, for the construction of non-capitalist relationships, initiatives, and enterprises.

Suggested citation

Shear, Boone. 2014. Making the Green Economy: Politics, Desire, and Economic Possibility.  Journal of Political Ecology. 21: 193-209.