The Meaning of Growth

Since the Limits to Growth report was published in 1972 it has been widely known that a commitment to endless growth was putting us on course for environmental disaster—so why have we failed to take decisive political action in the half-century since then? In The Meaning of Growth , Richard McNeill Douglas uses interpretive social science to uncover the cultural roots of political resistance to environmental science and policy. Through a close reading of anti-environmentalist rhetoric the book i