Radical reformism and the Marxist critique

Title: Radical reformism and the Marxist critique
Creator: Leahy, Terry
Relation: Capitalism, Nature, Socialism Vol. 29, Issue 2, p. 61-74
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10455752.2017.1293116
Publisher: Routledge
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2018
Description: The mainstream environmental movement has tended to accept the continuation of capitalism and the growth economy. A de-materialization is hoped to follow from limits on the use of natural resources. Eco-Marxists have opposed this strategy, claiming environmental problems are intrinsic to capitalism. More recently a tendency which I will call 'radical reformism' has been gaining strength. Radical reformists argue that a growth economy is not compatible with environmental limits. They look to regulate capitalism to prevent growth. The overall intention is for a peaceful transition within a broadly capitalist economy. The eco-Marxist critique of mainstream environmentalism can also be applied to radical reformism. While radical reformists may have some answers to this critique, these answers bring further problems.
Subject: ecological modernization; steady state; growth; capitalism; environment
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1414392
Identifier: uon:36742
Identifier: ISSN:1045-5752
Language: eng
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