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Research Article

Neither sustainable nor development: reconsidering sustainability in development

  1. Timothy W. Luke*

Article first published online: 16 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1002/sd.284

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Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development

Special Issue: Critical Perspectives on Sustainable Development

Volume 13, Issue 4, pages 228–238, October 2005

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Luke, T. W. (2005), Neither sustainable nor development: reconsidering sustainability in development. Sust. Dev., 13: 228–238. doi: 10.1002/sd.284

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  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA

*Department of Political Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 531 Major Williams Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0130, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 SEP 2005
  2. Article first published online: 16 AUG 2005
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 4 MAR 2005
  4. Manuscript Revised: 27 FEB 2005
  5. Manuscript Received: 14 JAN 2005

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Keywords:

  • sustainability;
  • development;
  • political rhetoric;
  • ideology;
  • material culture

Abstract

This paper questions the rhetorical workings of ‘sustainable development’ as an ideological construct in contemporary global society. It suggests that this term actually is increasingly used as a label to place over modes of existence that are neither sustainable nor developmental. Yet, the rhetoric is also now a material culture of being that is created, carried and continued in the everyday practices of design, exchange and production. Copyright ©; 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

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