Global Capitalism and Sustainable Development

The article deals with the topic of mutually interlinked social and environmental conflicts and their possible resolution. First, it articulates the main ideas of the problematic historical dialectic of Western civilization. Second, it focuses on the whole human civilization as well. The sceptical explanatory critique of the historical and current development of the civilization(s) can be a contribution to, first, a positive alarmism which, second, can be reformulated by more developed and sophisticated contemporary analyses. Third, the article analyses a necessary transition from a monological paradigm to an intersubjective paradigm of relations among human beings and the nature in the contemporary context of global capitalism in order to overcome the problematic dialectic of the civilization(s). *** Conflitos socioambientais ou desenvolvimento sustentável? Alarmismo positivo ***O artigo trata do tema dos conflitos sociais e ambientais interligados entre si e de sua possível resolução. Em primeiro lugar, articula as principais ideias da problemática dialética histórica da civilização ocidental. Em segundo lugar, enfoca toda a civilização humana também. A crítica explicativa cética do desenvolvimento histórico e atual da(s) civilização(ões) pode ser uma contribuição para, em primeiro lugar, um alarmismo positivo que, segundo, pode ser reformulado por análises contemporâneas mais desenvolvidas e sofisticadas. Terceiro, o artigo analisa a necessária transição de um paradigma monológico para um paradigma intersubjetivo de relações entre seres humanos e a natureza no contexto contemporâneo do capitalismo global para superar a problemática dialética da(s) civilização(ões).Palavras-chave: Ambiente. Conflito ecológico. Conflito social. Alarmismo. Capitalismo global.

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The North Star of Hype: How Detroit Charts a Course in a Neoliberal Framework

USURJ University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal ◽

10.32396/usurj.v7i2.480 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Crystal Montoya

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Global Capitalism ◽

Academic Literature ◽

The North ◽

Financial Strength ◽

The Social ◽

Global North ◽

Implicit Systems ◽

Explicit Discourse ◽

The City

The city of Detroit is associated with the creation of and rise of industrialism in North America. Industrialism, specifically Fordism, within the municipality of Detroit maintained financial strength for decades until the mid-1980s when a new global capitalist era emerged in the Global North. Currently, the city of Detroit is in the process of rebuilding. In the academic literature on development, there is an apparent gap that explores how current ideologies shape development in social spaces. In this review, the ideological influences of sustainable development and neoliberalism are explored through analysis of the social, historical, political, and economic lenses that contribute to and shape development within the city of Detroit. Moreover, the ideological influences are analyzed to understand how explicit discourse for sustainable development either forms or breaks implicit systems of social control. The paper concludes by acknowledging that progressive notions of equality and growth are difficult to actualize due to the inequitable allocation of capital under our system of global capitalism. The paper closes with an exploration of the implicit and symbolic biases that appears inherent in development ideologies to contribute to a genuine and possible path to an equitable and sustainable future for places such as Detroit.

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The Critical Shift from a Consumer to a More Sustainable Society

Journal on Innovation and Sustainability RISUS ISSN 2179-3565 ◽

10.24212/2179-3565.2011v2i1p87-97 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 87

Author(s):

Antonio Vico Mañas ◽

Arnoldo De Hoyos ◽

Bia Telles ◽

Diego Conti

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

Modern Society ◽

Global Capitalism ◽

Social Changes ◽

Sustainable Society ◽

Bottom Line ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Social Concerns

This paper looks forward to analyzing the society industrialization period, considering factors like consumption, urbanization, social changes, global capitalism and the modern society. Starting from the Industrial Revolution, the author discuss ideas, events and the evolution of the Sustainable Development principles in particular concerning and social concerns as a way to deal with challenges regarding quality of life on today’s megalopolis. For Governance purposes regarding Sustainability, it is suggested the creation of an international network forum with appropriate representatives from the triple bottom line of sustainable development.

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A Response to Pathways to Sustainability

Australian Journal of Environmental Education ◽

10.1017/aee.2014.22 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 51-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

John Huckle

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Status Quo ◽

Global Capitalism ◽

Coalition Government ◽

Global Democracy ◽

The Status ◽

Ecological Modernisation ◽

Sustainable Schools ◽

Light Green

There has been very limited progress along the pathways to sustainability sketched in my 1991 article. Some would argue we have taken several steps backwards. Environmental education is now more prepared to acknowledge the role of neoliberal global capitalism in promoting unsustainable development, and to associate sustainability with social movements and parties of the green left who urge new forms of economy and global democracy. Corporations and governments have been successful in linking education for sustainable development to ecological modernisation or light green versions of the status-quo, but in England, even the limited advance of a policy on sustainable schools under New Labour has been swept away by the present coalition government.

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