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Occupy Development – Towards a caring economy

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Christa Wichterich argues that we have to radically change development to make the rationale of care and sustenance development central. She explores some of the transformation strategies on a conceptual and practical level in a democratic, inclusive and gender-just way. She asks that feminists stress the emancipatory potential of a development based on a caring economy, of commons and sufficiency.

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Argues that a radical rethink of development is necessary in order to embrace concepts of sustainability and care work more fully.

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Wichterich, C. Occupy Development – Towards a caring economy. Development 56, 346–349 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2014.12

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