This contribution aims at classifying and analyzing theories that consider not only that growth is not a necessary condition for democracy, but also that it can be based on other economic logics than those relative to accumulation. Specifically, the objective is to map proposals that are present in these different theories within political thought, focusing on those from currents challenging the dominant economic model : social ecology, degrowth, ecosocialism, etc., by paying particular attention to how they develop or describe patterns of political organization and citizen mobilization. When approached through the perspective of critical social theory, these intellectual constructs are interesting inasmuch as they call into question a (almost) naturalized model that tends to lock economic growth and democracy in the same political and economic vision. An analytical framework is proposed to categorize the forms of problematization that are developed and the ensuing alternatives.