Two decades after its launch by the UN Brundtland Commission, the
paradigm of sustainability seems to have reached its limits. Whilst
the concept figures more prominently in public debate and policy
making than ever before, the ecological footprint of advanced
liberal consumer societies continues to grow, and the forceful
economic development of countries such as China and India
reinforces concerns that the world is moving further away from,
rather than closer towards the ideal of sustainability. Given the
proven failure of ecological modernisation strategies to secure
sustainability, the traditional question "How may our established
lifestyles and socio-economic practices be made more sustainable?"
needs to be supplemented by a second, equally important, question:
"How do advanced modern consumer democracies try and manage to
sustain what is known to be unsustainable?" Put differently,
traditional research into the politics of sustainability needs to
be supplemented by a new line of research into the politics of
unsustainability. Exploring the recent transformation of
eco-political discourses and a variety of ways in which the
unfolding paradox of sustaining the unsustainable is being managed,
the present volume pioneers this new research agenda. This book was
previously published as a special issue of Environmental Politics.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Environmental Politics |
| Release date: |
March 2008 |
| First published: |
2008 |
| Editors: |
Ingolfur Bluhdorn
• Ian Welsh
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
216 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-46620-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-415-46620-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780415466202 |
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