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A decade lost to idle worry: European semiperiphery and potential for degrowth

European semiperiphery is standardly characterised as a growth and development oriented block ; a rich, but not rich enough population that is averse to degrowth and voluntary metabolic frugality. Whilst concern for global environmental stability and injustice is high, self-professed activation through the usual consumer and representative democracy channels is low. Based on comparison of continuous social research on nationally representative samples in Croatia over the last decade, we shall show the changes in trends of degrowth-supportive attitudes. We shall also indicate the socio-economic and socio- cultural drivers and obstacles of these attitudes and their changes over the decade characterised by the rise of degrowth theory and visibility in this part of Europe and a series of concurrent crises. Given the transformative potential of the semiperiphery, semiperiphery's transformative potential has notable consequences for the European society as a whole.

degrowth ; European semiperiphery ; socio-ecological transformation ; attitudinal research

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