Social Imaginaries and Ecological Transition: Spain 2050
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Degrowth, Discourse, Ecomodernism, Spain 2050, Ecological Modernisation, SustainabilityAbstract
Environmental sustainability plays an increasingly important role in the European Union’s political agenda. Spain 2050, a document published by the Spanish government in 2021, laid the discursive foundations for a sustainable Spain. This article seeks to elucidate what this ideal entails. We draw on discourse analysis to identify the categories, concepts and metaphors that construct a narrative about the causes of and solutions to sustainability issues within the text. The results suggest an eclectic view of sustainability. The document supports a reformist discursive ideal, while also setting out guidelines for limiting human activity that reflect survivalist and degrowth-oriented environmental discourses. In practical terms, this eclectic discourse involves a pluralist conception of sustainability.
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