The Politics of Sustainability and Development
- 1 November 2016
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Annual Reviews in Annual Review of Environment and Resources
- Vol. 41 (1), 293-319
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-110615-090039
Abstract
This review examines the relationships between politics, sustainability, and development. Following an overview of sustainability thinking across different traditions, the politics of resources, and the influence of scarcity narratives on research, policy and practice are explored. This highlights the politics of transformations and the way these play out under combinations of technology-led, market-led, state-led, and citizen-led processes. In particular, this review points to the politics of alliance building and collective action for sustainability and development. Transformations cannot be managed or controlled, but must draw on an unruly politics, involving diverse knowledges and multiple actors. This review highlights how politics are articulated through regimes of truth, rule, and accumulation, and how understanding such political processes has implications for institutional and governance responses. The conclusion reflects on future research priorities and the methodological stance required for an...Keywords
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