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Neither sustainable nor development: reconsidering sustainability in development

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  • Timothy W. Luke

    (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA)

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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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  • Timothy W. Luke, 2005. "Neither sustainable nor development: reconsidering sustainability in development," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 13(4), pages 228-238.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:sustdv:v:13:y:2005:i:4:p:228-238
    DOI: 10.1002/sd.284
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