The Political Economy of Circular Economies: Lessons from Future Repair Scenario Deliberations in Sweden.

ABSTRACT: The dominant technocratic and neoliberal imaginary of a circular economy dependent on corporate leadership, market mechanisms, and changed consumer behaviour is here explored using the findings of deliberative stakeholder workshops examining diverse scenarios for the promotion of repair as part of a circular economy. Stakeholder responses to four scenarios-digital circularity, planned circularity, circular modernism, and bottom-up sufficiency-are described with reference to the ideologies, interests, and institutions involved. We distinguish two levels of discourse in the stakeholder discussions. The main narrative in which individualist and consumerist ideologies dominate, even within ideals of sustainability, reflects a conjunction of corporate, labour, and public interests in the market

SUBMITTER: Niskanen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8580547 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature