Sustainability—Long View Or Long Word?

Part of a special section on globalization and environmental harm. It is argued that sustainability as an epithet as understood in the public arena and by many development agencies is too loaded to be of any practical or authentic use. Alternative forms of class/capital-conscious sustainability are...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:  
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Petrucci, Mario (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2002
En: Social justice
Año: 2002, Volumen: 29, Número: 1/2, Páginas: 103-115
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Verlag)
Journals Online & Print:
Gargar...
Verificar disponibilidad: HBZ Gateway
Palabras clave:
Developing Countries
Environmental Policy
Sustainable Development
Environmental Management
Descripción
Sumario:Part of a special section on globalization and environmental harm. It is argued that sustainability as an epithet as understood in the public arena and by many development agencies is too loaded to be of any practical or authentic use. Alternative forms of class/capital-conscious sustainability are examined. The origins and associations of sustainability are explored in a discursive manner, with a European emphasis, and the extent to which the term underpins the status quo in the current ideological landscape is delineated.
ISSN:2327-641X